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Analysis Case Count
77 (of 7,367 possible records)
Relevant Scope
1975 - 1989
Using Data Release
SCDB_2009_03
Search Reference Code
0903-TIETACK-9010
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Case Name
LEWIS, DIRECTOR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. v. JEFFERS
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Date Decision
June 27, 1990
Date Argument
February 21, 1990
Decision Type
opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations
497 U.S. 764
110 S. Ct. 3092
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3463
111 L. Ed. 2d 606
Docket
89-189
Lower Court Detail
Court in which Case Originated
Arizona U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner
State
Arizona
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
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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SCDB ID
1989-139-01
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