Lowenfield v. Phelps

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-03-07

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Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. † Petitioner, sentenced to death by the Louisiana state courts, makes two federal constitutional attacks on his sentence. He first contends that the trial court impermissibly coerced the jury to return a sentence of death by inquiries it made to the jury and a supplemental charge which it gave to the jury following the rece…

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