Kennedy v. Louisiana
2008 landmark United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended.
Quick Facts Kennedy v. Louisiana, Argued April 16, 2008 Decided June 25, 2008 ...
Kennedy v. Louisiana | |
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Argued April 16, 2008 Decided June 25, 2008 | |
Full case name | Patrick O. Kennedy v. State of Louisiana |
Docket no. | 07-343 |
Citations | 554 U.S. 407 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Defendant convicted, sentenced, La. Dist. Ct., Aug. 26, 2003; aff'd, State v. Kennedy, 957 So.2d 757 (La. 2007); cert. granted, 552 U.S. 1087 (2008). |
Procedural | Writ of Certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court |
Subsequent | Supplemental briefing ordered, 554 U.S. 943 (2008). Opinion modified; Petition for Rehearing denied, 554 U.S. 945 (2008) |
Holding | |
It is unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for a crime where the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended. Louisiana Supreme Court reversed and remanded to lower court for resentencing. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. VIII, XIV; La. Stat. Ann. §14:42 |
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