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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	ZANT, WARDEN v. STEPHENS LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 22, 1983
Date Argument	May 03, 1983
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	462 U.S. 862 103 S. Ct. 2733 1983 U.S. LEXIS 79 77 L. Ed. 2d 235
Docket	81-89

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Georgia Middle U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Petitioner	State Georgia
Respondent	person convicted of crime

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Burger Blackmun Powell Stevens O'Connor special concurrence White Rehnquist dissent Brennan Marshall

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1982-128-01

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