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SKIPPER v. SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 84-6859.

476 U.S. 1 (1986)

SKIPPER v. SOUTH CAROLINA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck, by appointment of the Court, 474 U.S. 942, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Ronald Skipper was convicted in a South Carolina trial court of capital murder and rape. The State sought the death penalty, and a separate sentencing hearing was held before the trial jury under S. C. Code § 16-3-20 (1985), which provides for a bifurcated trial and jury sentencing in capital cases. Following introduction by the State of evidence in aggravation of the offense (principally evidence of...

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