Beck v. Alabama

Beck v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 20, 1980 Decided June 20, 1980
Full case name	Beck v. Alabama
Citations	447 U.S. 625 (more) 100 S. Ct. 2382; 65 L. Ed. 2d 392; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 134
Holding
The death sentence may not constitutionally be imposed after a jury verdict of guilt of a capital offense where the jury was not permitted to consider a verdict of guilt of a lesser included offense.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Blackmun, and Powell
Concurrence	Brennan
Concurrence	Marshall
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by White
Laws applied
Due Process

Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a jury must be allowed to consider lesser included offenses, not just capital offense or acquittal.