Lowenfield v. Phelps

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = Lowenfield v. Phelps
ArgueDate = October 14
ArgueYear = 1987
DecideDate = January 13
DecideYear = 1988
FullName = Lowenfield v. Phelps, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, et al.
USVol = 484
USPage = 231
Citation = 108 S. Ct. 546; 98 L. Ed. 2d 568; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 313; 56 U.S.L.W. 4071
Prior =
Subsequent =
Holding = Affirmed.
SCOTUS = 1988-1990
Majority = Rehnquist
JoinMajority = White, Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy; Stevens (part III, except the last sentence)
Dissent = Marshall
JoinDissent = Brennan; Stevens (part I)
LawsApplied =

"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.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 497

References

External links

* [http://supreme.justia.com/us/484/231/case.html Text of the opinion from justia.com]