Lowenfield v. Phelps

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Lowenfield v. Phelps
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 14, 1987
Decided January 13, 1988
Full case name: Lowenfield v. Phelps
Citations: 484 U.S. 231
Holding
Affirmed.
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Lowenfield v. Phelps, 484 U.S. 231 (1988) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the two jury polls and the supplemental charge did not impermissibly coerce the jury to return a death sentence, and that the death sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment simply because the single statutory "aggravating circumstance" found by the jury duplicates an element of the underlying offense of first-degree murder.

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