HIGH
v.
ZANT, WARDEN

U.S. | 1988-06-30
No. 87-5666
487 U.S. 1233 Supreme Court of the United States (1988) Positive Treatment
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    …also rejected Penry’s contention that it was cruel and unusual punishment to execute a mentally retarded person such as himself. Id., at 918 (citing Brogdon v. Butler, 824 F. 2d 338, 341 (CA5 1987)). We granted certiorari to resolve two questions. 487 U. S. 1233 (1988). First, was Penry sentenced to death in violation of the Eighth Amendment because the jury was not adequately instructed to take into consideration all of his mitigating evidence and because the terms in the Texas special issues were not defi…
  • Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (U.S. 1989)
    …n mandatory review of Wilkins’ death sentence, the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed, rejecting the argument that the punishment violated the Eighth Amendment. 736 S. W. 2d 409 (1987). We granted certiorari in these cases, 488 U. S. 887 (1988) and 487 U. S. 1233 (1988), to decide whether the Eighth Amendment precludes the death penalty for individuals who commit crimes at 16 or 17 years of age. The thrust of both Wilkins’ and Stanford’s arguments is that imposition of the death penalty on those who were ju…
  • United States v. Lyons, 898 F.2d 210 (1st Cir. 1990)
    …e upon evidence obtained in objective good faith using a facially valid warrant even if the warrant is subsequently found to have been issued on other than probable cause); United States v. Silvestri, 787 F. 2d 736, 744 (1st Cir.1986), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1233, 108 S.Ct. 2897, 101 L.Ed.2d 931 (1988) (outlining concerns to be considered in invoking the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule); see generally Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431, 104 S.Ct. 2501, 81 L.Ed.2d 377 (1984); see also Murra…

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