Clemons v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1990-04-17

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*741 Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on Chandler Clemons even though the jury instruction regarding one of the aggravating factors pressed by the State, that the murder was “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel,” was constitutionally invalid in light of our decision in <e…

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