Supreme Court of the United States
Ayers v. Belmontes
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- Nov. 13, 2006
- Case
- Ayers v. Belmontes
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Souter, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Breyer join, dissenting. In Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U. S. 586 (1978), the Court set aside Ohio’s death penalty statute as unconstitutional because it unduly restricted the mitigating evidence that a jury could consider in deciding whether to impose the death penalty. In his opinion announcing the judgment, Chief Justice Burge…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | Nov. 13, 2006 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | Nov. 13, 2006 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | Nov. 13, 2006 |