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Case Name	CLEMONS v. MISSISSIPPI LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 28, 1990
Date Argument	November 28, 1989
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	494 U.S. 738 110 S. Ct. 1441 1990 U.S. LEXIS 1667 108 L. Ed. 2d 725
Docket	88-6873

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	State Trial Court Mississippi
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	State Supreme Court Mississippi
Petitioner	person convicted of crime
Respondent	State Mississippi

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 3)	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	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy dissent Brennan Marshall Blackmun Stevens
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 3)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Sixth Amendment (right to trial by jury)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy dissent Brennan Marshall Blackmun Stevens
Issue/Legal Provision (3 of 3)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy dissent Brennan Marshall Blackmun Stevens

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1989-057-01

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