Lockett v. Ohio

Lockett v. Ohio

SCOTUSCase
Litigants = Lockett v. Ohio
ArgueDate = January 17
ArgueYear = 1978
DecideDate = July 3
DecideYear = 1978
FullName = Lockett v. Ohio
USVol= 438
USPage= 586
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Subsequent=
Holding = The judgment was reversed insofar as it upheld the death penalty, and the case was remanded.
SCOTUS= 1975-1981
Majority= Burger
JoinMajority= Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, and Stevens
Concurrence= Blackmun
Concurrence2= Marshall
Concurrence3= White
Concurrence4 = Rehnquist
Dissent=
JoinDissent=
Dissent2=
JoinDissent2=
Dissent3=
LawsApplied=

"Lockett v. Ohio", 438 U.S. 586 (1978) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that sentencing authorities must have the discretion to consider every possible mitigating factor, rather than being limited to a specific list of factors.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 438

References

External links

* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0438_0586_ZS.html Text of the opinion from cornell.edu]


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