Arave v. Creech

Arave v. Creech
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 30, 1993
Full case name	Arave v. Creech
Citations	507 U.S. 463 ( more )
Holding
When a state uses a consistent narrowing definition for a broad term like "utter disregard," the broad term can function as a valid aggravating circumstance under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White  · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens  · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy David Souter  · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Stevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463 (1993), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, when a state uses a consistent narrowing definition for a broad term like "utter disregard," the broad term can function as a valid aggravating circumstance under the Fourteenth Amendment. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463 (1993).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Aggravating Circumstances". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 40.

External links

• Text of Arave v. Creech, 507 U.S. 463(1993) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia