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Supreme Court· 5/20/1991

Lankford v. Idaho

Citations

  • 500 U.S. 110
  • 111 S. Ct. 1723
  • 114 L. Ed. 2d 173
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 2786

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a defendant must have notice that the trial court might sentence him to death
  • holding that adequate notice to seek death penalty is required under Due Process Clause for the State to seek a death sentence
  • holding that a defendant must have notice that the trial court might sentence him to death
  • holding that the defendant’s due process rights to notice were violated when a judge imposed a capital sentence even though the State took the position that it would not seek the death penalty
  • holding that the defendant’s due process rights to notice were violated when a judge imposed a capital sentence even though the State took the position that it would not seek the death penalty
  • holding that the defendant’s due process rights to notice were violated when a judge imposed a capital sentence even though the State took the position that it would not seek the death penalty

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

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