BUCHANAN v. KENTUCKY

No. 85-5348.

483 U.S. 402 (1987)

BUCHANAN v. KENTUCKY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. McNally, by appointment of the Court, 479 U.S. 1015, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were C. Thomas Hectus and M. Gail Robinson.

David A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were David L. Armstrong, Attorney General, C. Lloyd Vest II, Assistant Attorney General, and Ernest A. Jasmin, Special Assistant Attorney General.*


JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents two narrow issues arising out of petitioner Buchanan's trial for murder. First, it poses the question whether petitioner was deprived of his right to an impartial jury, representative of a fair cross section of the community, because the Commonwealth of Kentucky was permitted to "death-qualify" the jury in his joint trial where the death penalty was sought...

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