- Maynard v. Cartwright
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Maynard v. Cartwright
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued April 19, 1988
Decided June 6, 1988Full case name Maynard v. Cartwright Holding Court membership Chief Justice
William RehnquistAssociate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony KennedyMaynard v. Cartwright 486 U. S. 356 (1988) is a United States Supreme Court case [1] in which the Court found that the "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel" standard for the application of the death penalty as defined by the Eighth Amendment was too vague.
See also
- Capital punishment
- Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Walton v. Arizona
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 487
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
- List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court
References
Categories:- United States Supreme Court cases
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and death penalty case law
- 1988 in United States case law
- Case law stubs
- United States Supreme Court stubs
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