End date 1988 | ||
Full case name Lowenfield v. Phelps, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al. Citations 484 U.S. 231 (more)
108 S. Ct. 546; 98 L. Ed. 2d 568; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 313; 56 U.S.L.W. 4071 Majority Rehnquist, joined by White, Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Stevens (part III, except the last sentence) Dissent Marshall, joined by Brennan; Stevens (part I) Similar Allen v United States, Tison v Arizona, Coker v Georgia, Ford v Wainwright, Thompson v Oklahoma | ||
Lowenfield v. Phelps, 484 U.S. 231 (1988) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the two jury polls and the supplemental charge did not impermissibly coerce the jury to return a death sentence, and that the death sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment simply because the single statutory "aggravating circumstance" found by the jury duplicates an element of the underlying offense of first-degree murder.
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