Case Name: Jones v. United States
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1998-10-05
Citations: 525 U.S. 809
Docket Number: No. 97-9361
Parties: Jones v. United States.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 525
Pages: 809–809

Head Matter:
No. 97-9361.
Jones v. United States.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in. forma panperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following questions: "1. Whether petitioner was entitled to a jury instruction that the jury's failure to agree on a sentencing recommendation automatically would result in a court-imposed sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of release? 2. Whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury instructions led the jury to believe that deadlock on the penalty recommendation would automatically result in a court-imposed sentence less severe than life imprisonment? 3. Whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that the submission of invalid nonstatutory aggravating factors was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?"