Topic: we need not and do not decide whether the due process claus… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Beck v. Alabama.

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1 Beck v. Alabama Anchor
scotus · 1980
green “we need not and do not decide whether the due process clause would require the giving of such instructions in a noncapital case.” 12
2 Cortez Scott v. Frank Elo, Warden
ca6 · 2002
green “failure to instruct on a lesser included offense in a noncapital case is not 'such a fundamental defect as inherently results in a miscarriage of justice or an omission inconsistent with the rudimentary demands of fair procedure.” 4

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