Lockett v. Ohio
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| Lockett v. Ohio | ||||||||||
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| Argued January 17, 1978 Decided July 3, 1978 |
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| The judgment was reversed insofar as it upheld the death penalty, and the case was remanded. | ||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens |
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| Majority by: Burger Joined by: Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, and Stevens Concurrence by: Blackmun Concurrence by: Marshall Concurrence by: White Concurrence by: Rehnquist |
Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that sentencing authorities must have the discretion to consider every possible mitigating factor, rather than being limited to a specific list of factors.
