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CLEMONS v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 88-6873.

494 U.S. 738 (1990)

CLEMONS v. MISSISSIPPI

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Resnick argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Mike Moore, Attorney General.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on Chandler Clemons even though the jury instruction regarding one of the aggravating factors pressed by the State, that the murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel," was constitutionally invalid in light of our decision in Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356<...

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