LOWENFIELD v. PHELPS

No. 86-6867.

484 U.S. 231 (1988)

LOWENFIELD v. PHELPS, SECRETARY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Klingsberg argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Gary S. Guzy.

John M. Mamoulides argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, and Dorothy A. Pendergast.*


CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, sentenced to death by the Louisiana state courts, makes two federal constitutional attacks on his sentence. He first contends that the trial court impermissibly coerced the jury to return a sentence of death by inquiries it made to the jury and a supplemental charge which it gave to the jury following the receipt of a communication from that body. Petitioner...

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