Lockett v. Ohio

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1978-07-03

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Mb. Justice Rehnquist, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I join Parts I and II of The Chief Justice's opinion for the Court, but am unable to join Part III of his opinion or in the judgment of reversal. I Whether out of a sense of judicial responsibility or a less altruistic sense of futility, there are undoubtedly circumstances whi…

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