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SAFFLE v. PARKS

No. 88-1264.

494 U.S. 484 (1990)

SAFFLE, WARDEN, ET AL. v. PARKS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Nance, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Robert H. Henry, Attorney General.

Vivian Berger, by appointment of the Court, 490 U.S. 1063, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue before us is whether respondent Robyn Leroy Parks, whose conviction and death sentence became final in 1983, is entitled to federal habeas relief. His claim is that an instruction in the penalty phase of his trial, telling the jury to avoid any influence of sympathy, violates the Eighth Amendment. In Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302<...

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