Supreme Court· 6/13/1988

Johnson v. Mississippi

Citations

486 U.S. 578
108 S. Ct. 1981
100 L. Ed. 2d 575
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2657
56 U.S.L.W. 4561

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holding that a capital sentencer violates the Eighth Amendment by considering a conviction which is later reversed as unconstitutional
holding that a capital sentencer violates the Eighth Amendment by considering a conviction which is later reversed as unconstitutional
holding that state procedural rule must be consistently or regularly applied in order to preclude federal review
holding that consideration of a subsequently vacated conviction to support an aggravating factor violates the Eighth Amendment
holding that use as aggravating factor of prior conviction that was later reversed violated Eighth Amendment
holding that allowing a death sentence to stand that was based in part on a prior conviction that was later vacated violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment

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Judges: Stevens, Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Scalia, Kennedy, O'Connor

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