Scope and Contents From the File: In this case, petitioner Robert Alton Harris "appeals from the denial of his petitions for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the constitutionality of his convictions for two counts of murder and the sentence of death under California's 1977 capital sentencing law." The case was brought against San Quentin warden A. Pulley. In this Supreme Court case, Harris challenged the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Consitution, adopted in 1791, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment," as well as...