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2 * Gary Tison was sentenced to life imprisonment as the result of a prison escape during the course of which he had killed a guard. ." 108352 (Super.Ct.Maricopa County 1981). W. LaFave & A. Scott, Criminal Law 28, p. 196 (1972); see Lockett v. Ohio, supra, 438 U.S., at 625-626, 98 S.Ct., at 2983-2984 (opinion of WHITE, J.) Arizona has recodified and broadened its felony-murder statute to include killings occurring during the course of a variety of sex and narcotics offenses and escape. That's when they came across James and Margene Judge, Texas newlyweds honeymooning in Colorado to see the Dallas Cowboys play the Denver Broncos. Miss.Code Ann. for Cert. The Court has since reiterated that "Enmund . I hope the hell they carry it out this time. . The Arizona courts interpreted the plea agreement to require that petitioners testify to the planning stages of the breakout. 142 Ariz. 454, 456, 690 P.2d 755, 757 (1984). Held: Although petitioners neither intended to kill the victims nor inflicted the fatal wounds, the record might support a finding that they had the culpable mental state of reckless indifference to human life. They rounded up guards and visitors and locked them in a storage closet, then the five men walked slowly out of the prison. 173-174, 185, 191. The Arizona Supreme Court did not attempt to argue that the facts of this case supported an inference of "intent" in the traditional sense. The question this case presents is what punishment Arizona may constitutionally exact from two of Gary Tison's sons for their role in these events. Ricky and Raymond Tison were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. 19, 371 N.E.2d 1072 (1977). From there, theTison gang managed to get to Colorado, and needed to switch cars. They both were sentenced to life in 1992. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982), which had been decided in the interim, required reversal. Such punishment might also be defended on the utilitarian ground that it was necessary to satisfy the community's thirst for retribution and thereby keep the peace. denied, 469 U.S. 1229, 105 S.Ct. Had it done so, it would have discovered that, even including the 65 executions since Enmund, "[t]he fact remains that we are not aware of a single person convicted of felony murder over the past quarter century who did not kill or attempt to kill, and did not intend the death of the victim, who has been executed. 1, 3, 4 (1531); 1 Edw. When these jurisdictions are included, and are considered with those jurisdictions that require a finding of intent to kill in order to impose the death sentence for felony murder, one discovers that approximately three-fifths of American jurisdictions do not authorize the death penalty for a nontriggerman absent a finding that he intended to kill. 1328, 79 L.Ed.2d 723 (1984); Deputy v. State, 500 A.2d 581, 599-600 (Del.1985) (defendant present at scene; robbed victims; conflicting evidence as to participation in killing), cert. App. The foreseeability standard that the court applied was erroneous, however, because "the possibility of bloodshed is inherent in the commission of any violent felony and this possibility is generally foreseeable and foreseen." Neither of the Petitioners actually committed the murders himself, but rather, the deaths were . 13-454(A) (Supp.1973) (repealed 1978). Indeed, the possibility of bloodshed is inherent in the commission of any violent felony and this possibility is generally foreseeable and foreseen; it is one principal reason that felons arm themselves. 50-51, 91. Ganter and a codefendant committed an armed robbery of a store, during which Ganter killed one of the store's owners. Under the lower court's standard, any participant in a violent felony during which a killing occurred, including Enmund, would be liable for the death penalty. Were this not so, the language would be empty and a return to the rack and other tortures would be possible in a given case." All six executions took place in 1955." App. . They cannot serve, however, as independent grounds for imposing the death penalty. Petitioner's participation up to the moment of the firing of the fatal shots was substantially the same as that of Gary Tison and Greenawalt. The prophets warned Israel that theirs was "a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate [Him]." But for Ricky and Raymond being that they . Neither made an effort to help the victims, though both later stated they were surprised by the shooting. The utilitarian logic of deterrence can also justify unjust punishments that are more commonly dispensed. The Court held that capital punishment was disproportional in these cases. Finally, the fact that the Court reaches a different conclusion is illustrative of the profound problems that continue to plague capital sentencing. Randy Greenawalt was also tried and convicted for the escape and following murders. 19.02(a), 19.03(a)(2) (1974 and Supp. 590, 598, 2 L.Ed.2d 630 (1958). Raymond did so, and, while the others guarded the Lyons and Theresa Tyson, Gary fired his shotgun into the radiator, presumably to completely disable the vehicle. This is not the case. See, e.g., Horace, Odes III, 6:1 (C. Bennett trans. A sophisticated utilitarian theory of deterrence might propose some limiting principles, e.g., "no punishment must cause more misery than the offense unchecked." A narrow focus on the question of whether or not a given defendant "intended to kill," however, is a highly unsatisfactory means of definitively distinguishing the most culpable and dangerous of murderers. The Court acknowledged, however, that "[i]t would be very different if the likelihood of a killing in the course of a robbery were so substantial that one should share the blame for the killing if he somehow participated in the felony." The Court found the fact that only 3 of 739 death row inmates had been sentenced to death absent an intent to kill, physical presence, or direct participation in the fatal assault persuasive evidence that American juries considered the death sentence disproportional to felony murder simpliciter. Although they both later stated that they were surprised by the shooting, neither petitioner made any effort to help the victims, but drove away in the victims' car with the rest of the escape party. The Court's second reason for abandoning the intent requirement is based on its survey of state statutes authorizing the death penalty for felony murder, and on a handful of state cases.12 On this basis, the Court concludes that "[o]nly a small minority of those jurisdictions imposing capital punishment for felony murder have rejected the possibility of a capital sentence absent an intent to kill, and we do not find this minority position constitutionally required." Enmund was, therefore, sentenced under a distinct minority regime, a regime that permitted the imposition of the death penalty for felony murder simpliciter. She died in the desert after the Tisons left. As he was being escorted to prison, he overpowered the guard, grabbed his gun and shot and killed him. Ante, at 151; see also ibid. Petitioner, actively participated in the events leading to death by, inter alia, providing the murder weapons and helping abduct the victims. The Petitioners, Ricky and Raymond Tison (Petitioners), were sentenced by a judge to death after conviction for four murders under accomplice liability and felony-murder statutes. 79, 672 P.2d 862 (1983). . 23 Hen. This entailed their bringing a cache of weapons to prison . In addition, the Court's statement that Raymond did not act to assist the victims "after" the shooting, and its statement that Ricky "watched the killing after which he chose to aid those whom he had placed in the position to kill rather than their victims," ante, at 152, takes license with the facts found by the Arizona Supreme Court. 339, 88 L.Ed.2d 324 (1985); State v. Hooper, 145 Ariz. 538, 703 P.2d 482 (1985) (defendant killed for hire), cert. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. "I wish I had the insight back then," he said in court. As explained in the Commentaries on the Model Penal Code: "At common law all felonies were punishable by death. Morissette v. United States, 342 U.S. 246, 250, 72 S.Ct. . That they did not specifically intend that the Lyonses and Theresa Tyson die, that they did not plot in advance that these homicides would take place, or that they did not actually pull the triggers on the guns which inflicted the fatal wounds is of little significance." . By his own admission he was prepared to kill in furtherance of the prison break. On this ground alone, I would dissent. 3001, 3011, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983), the Court summarized the essence of the inquiry: "In sum, a court's proportionality analysis under the Eighth Amendment should be guided by objective criteria, including (i) the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty; (ii) the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (iii) the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions." No. 2909, 2975-2977, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976) (MARSHALL, J., dissenting) (death penalty unnecessary to further legitimate retributive goals). After he had been in prison a number of years, Gary Tison's wife, their three sons Donald, Ricky, and Raymond, Gary's brother Joseph, and other relatives made plans to help Gary Tison escape again. 458 U.S., at 799, 102 S.Ct., at 3377. Ore.Rev.Stat. Moreover, even in cases where the fact that the defendant was a major participant in a felony did not suffice to establish reckless indifference, that fact would still often provide significant support for such a finding. In my opinion this very fact had a severe influence upon the personality structure of these youngsters. 6-2-101, 6-2-102(h)(iv) (1983). 3 Pa. Laws 1794, ch. Id., at 21. While the Court states that petitioners were on the scene during the shooting and that they watched it occur, Raymond stated that he and Ricky were still engaged in repacking the Mazda after finding the water jug when the shootings occurred. To do less is simply to socialize vigilantism. He later confessed to killing two other men in other states. "If they'd executed him the first time, those people might still be alive today", Bob Corbin, Arizona's Attorney General in 1978, said "He deserves it. The Court does not attempt to conduct a proportionality review of the kind performed in past cases raising a proportionality question, e.g., Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. But the couple never made it to the game. In some American jurisdictions, however, the authority to impose death in such circumstances still persists. 79, 672 P.2d 862 (1983), construed its capital murder statute to require a finding of intent to kill. fenwick high school football roster ricky and raymond tison 2020 Penal Code Ann. Influential commentators and some States have approved the use of the death penalty for persons, like those given in the Court's examples, who kill others in circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life.8 Thus an exception to the requirement that only intentional murders be punished with death might be made for persons who actually commit an act of homicide; Enmund, by distinguishing from the accomplice case "those who kill," clearly reserved that question. .' 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982); Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584, 97 S.Ct. The trial judge also specifically found, id., at 285, that each "could reasonably have foreseen that his conduct . One car passed by without stopping, but a second car, a Mazda occupied by John Lyons, his wife Donnelda, his 2-year-old son Christopher, and his 15-year-old niece, Theresa Tyson, pulled over to render aid. three sons, Donald age 20, Ricky, 19, and Raymond 18 came to visit. The crux of their appeal was that they "were hurried to conviction under the pressure of a mob without any regard for their rights and without according to them due process of law." Raymond later explained that his father "was like in conflict with himself. Of the 45 murderers then on death row, 36 had been found to have "intended" to take life, and 8 of the 9 for which there was no finding of intent had been the triggerman. Wanton killings are generally regarded as among the most wicked, and the feature that makes a killing wanton is precisely the absence of detached reflection before the deed. One such principle is that the States may not impose punishment that is disproportionate to the severity of the offense or to the individual's own conduct and culpability. The Court's objective evidence that the statutes of roughly 20 States appear to authorize the death penalty for defendants in the Court's new category is therefore an inadequate substitute for a proper proportionality analysis, and is not persuasive evidence that the punishment that was unconstitutional for Enmund is constitutional for the Tisons. The accomplice, although accountable for the death by his participation in the attempt [sic] armed robbery, did not do the actual killing." Petitioners then collaterally attacked their death sentences in state postconviction proceedings alleging that Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 102 S.Ct. 450 (1892)); cf. Ricky Wayne TISON and Raymond Curtis Tison, Petitionersv.ARIZONA. He was 76. Moore v. Dempsey, 261 U.S. 86, 87, 43 S.Ct. In Ricky Tison's case the Arizona Supreme Court relied on a similar recitation of facts to find intent. In Hart's view, "civilized moral thought" would limit the utilitarian theories of punishment "by the demand that punishment should not be applied to the innocent," and by limiting "punishments in order to maintain a scale for different offenses which reflects, albeit very roughly, the distinction felt between the moral gravity of these offenses. Id., at 799, 102 S.Ct., at 3377. Vermont fell into none of these categories. . 442, 446, 402 P.2d 130, 134 (1965) (opinion of Traynor, C.J.). 27, 410, 412(b), 413(d)(10), 413(e)(1), 413(d)(5) (1957 and Supp.1986) (death penalty may be imposed only on person who committed the killing, but possible exception if victim is a child); N.H.Rev.Stat.Ann. might be used . 77, 84, 656 S.W.2d 684, 687 (1983) (armed, forced entry, nighttime robbery of private dwelling known to be occupied plus evidence that killing contemplated), cert. Id., at 41, 111. N.J.Stat.Ann. . 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982), and, therefore, vacate the judgments below and remand the case for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. denied, 464 U.S. 986, 104 S.Ct. By addressing at best only the first of these criteria, the Court has ignored most of the guidance this Court has developed for evaluating the proportionality of punishment. All but 16 of these were physically present at the scene of the murder and of these only 3, including Enmund, were sentenced to death in the absence of a finding that they had collaborated in a scheme designed to kill. Clergy" would be spared. 458 U.S., at 796, 102 S.Ct., at 3376.16 Of the 64 persons on death row in Arizona, all of those who have raised and lost an Enmund challenge in the Arizona Supreme Court have been found either to have killed or to have specifically intended to kill.17 Thus, like Enmund, the Tisons' sentence appears to be an aberration within Arizona itself as well as nationally and internationally. Given these circumstances, the sons' own testimony that they were surprised by the killings, and did not expect them to occur, appears more plausible than the Court's speculation that they "subjectively appreciated that their activities were likely to result in the taking of innocent life." Skillern v. Procunier, 469 U.S. 1067, 105 S.Ct. The murders that Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt committed revolt and grieve all who learn of them. Finally, the Court noted that in no Commonwealth or European country could Enmund have been executed, since all have either abolished or never employed a felony-murder doctrine. The Tisons got into the Mazda and drove away, continuing their flight. to us," ante, at 151, is improper.5 By limiting itself to the facts the lower court found relevant to the foreseeability standard, this Court insulates itself from other evidence in the record directly relevant to the new standard articulated today. After the killings, petitioner did nothing to disassociate himself from Gary Tison and Greenawalt, but instead used the victims' car to continue on the joint venture, a venture that lasted several more days. The trial court found that the killings in the case were not an essential ingredient of the felony. At the site, petitioner, Ricky Tison and Greenawalt placed the gang's possessions in the victims' Mazda and the victims' possessions in the gang's disabled Lincoln Continental. 38, &Par; 9-1(a)(3), 9-1(b)(6) (1986). denied, 465 U.S. 1051, 104 S.Ct. McGautha v. California, 402 U.S. 183, 204, 91 S.Ct. Brawley was perhaps best known for leading an investigation that has since been called the "largest manhunt in Arizona history.". Gary Tison then told Raymond to drive the Lincoln still farther into the desert. . Carlos v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Co., 35 Cal.3d 131, 197 Cal.Rptr. The reckless actor has not chosen to bring about the killing in the way the intentional actor has. Greenawalt and sons Ricky and Raymond Tison were arrested. In this case, the State appears to have afforded petitioners all of the procedures that this Court has deemed sufficient to produce constitutional sentencing decisions. Maricopa County 1981). Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. * Gary Tison was sentenced to life imprisonment as the result of a prison escape during the course of which he had killed a guard. O'CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which REHNQUIST, C.J., and WHITE, POWELL, and SCALIA, JJ., joined. Stat. In reversing the order, Justice Holmes stated the following for the Court: "It certainly is true that mere mistakes of law in the course of a trial are not to be corrected [by habeas corpus]. Because the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed these death sentences upon a finding that the defendants "intended, contemplated, or anticipated that lethal force would or might be used or that life would or might be taken," the case must be remanded. William J. Schafer, III, Phoenix, Ariz., for respondent. The five men fled the prison grounds in the Tisons' Ford Galaxy automobile. No. death." The facts on which the Court relies are not sufficient, in my view, to support the Court's conclusion that petitioners acted with reckless disregard for human life.4 But even if they were, the Court's decision to restrict its vision to the limited set of facts that "the Arizona Supreme Court has given . This was impermissible under the Eighth Amendment." Four States authorize the death penalty in felony-murder cases upon a showing of culpable mental state such as recklessness or extreme indifference to human life.5 Two jurisdictions require that the defendant's participation be substantial6 and the statutes of at least six more, including Arizona, take minor participation in the felony expressly into account in mitigation of the murder.7 These requirements significantly overlap both in this case and in general, for the greater the defendant's participation in the felony murder, the more likely that he acted with reckless indifference to human life. The state statutes discussed in Enmund v. Florida are largely unchanged. 782.04(1)(a), 775.082(1), 921.141(5)(d) (1985); Ga.Code 16-5-1(a), 17-10-30(b)(2) (1984 and 1982); S.C.Code 16-3-10, 16-3-20(C)(a)(1) (1985 and Supp.1986); Tenn.Code Ann. The difference lies in the nature of the choice each has made. Gary. 13, 2303(b), (c) (Supp.1986) (only murderers of correctional officers subject to death penalty); Wash. Rev.Code 9A.32.030, 10.95.020 (1985) (death penalty reserved for those who commit premeditated killing with at least one aggravating circumstance). 1749, 90 L.Ed.2d 123 (1986); State v. Villafuerte, 142 Ariz. 323, 690 P.2d 42 (1984) (defendant killed victim), cert. The fact that the Arizona Supreme Court purported to find "intent to kill" before affirming death sentences after Enmund provides no support for the proposition that it ordinarily has considered major participation in a violent felony resulting in death combined with a reckless indifference towards human life insufficient to support a capital sentence. 200.030(1)(b), 200.030(4), 200.033(4)(a)-(b) (1986); N.J.Stat.Ann. Raymond recalled being at the Mazda filling the water jug "when we started hearing the shots." The Court concluded that "[p]utting Enmund to death to avenge two killings that he did not commit and had no intention of committing or causing does not measurably contribute to the retributive end of ensuring that the criminal gets his just deserts." Donald Tison was killed. A second problem with the Court's examples is that they illustrate wanton, but nevertheless intentional, killings, rather than unintentional killings. Ricky stated that they had returned with the water, but were still some distance ("farther than this room") from the Lincoln when the shootings started, id., at 40-41, 111, and that the brothers then turned away from the scene and went back to the Mazda, id., at 113. Thus, contrary to the Court's implication that its view is consonant with that of "the majority of American jurisdictions," ibid., the Court's view is itself distinctly the minority position.13, Second, it is critical to examine not simply those jurisdictions that authorize the death penalty in a given circumstance, but those that actually impose it. E.g., Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 667, 82 S.Ct. After the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court, this Court addressed, in Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 102 S.Ct. The Model Penal Code advocates replacing the felony-murder rule with a rule that allows a conviction for murder only when the killer acted with intent, purpose, or "recklessness under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life." State v. Tison, 129 Ariz. 546, 556, 633 P.2d 355, 365 (1981). 2909, 2929, 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976). Greenawalt was serving a life sentence for murdering a truck driver in Flagstaff in 1974. By the time their flight ended The Tison. beyond present human ability." Neither stated that they anticipated that the shootings would occur, or that they could have done anything to prevent them or to help the victims afterward.6 Both, however, expressed feelings of surprise, helplessness, and regret. After two nights at the house, the group drove toward Flagstaff.

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