Kansas v. Marsh

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Kansas v. Marsh
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 25, 2006
Decided June 26, 2006
Full case name: Kansas v. Michael Lee Marsh, II
Docket #: 04-1170
Citations: 548 U.S. 163
Holding
The Eighth Amendment did not prohibit states from imposing the death penalty when mitigating and aggravating sentencing factors were in equipose. Kansas Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice: John Glover Roberts, Jr.
Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority by: Thomas
Joined by: Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito
Concurrence by: Scalia
Dissent by: Stevens
Dissent by: Souter
Joined by: Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VIII

Kansas v. Marsh, 548 U.S. 163 (2006), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that a Kansas death penalty statute was consistent with the U.S. Constitution.

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