Skip to content
Back to judgment

Citation network

Stanford Vs. Kentucky

Cites for this judgment

  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 26, 1989

Citation network · 7-day free trial

Brief every cited case in minutes

Open an 18-section AI Brief on any citation below, ask scoped follow-ups, and find related precedents with Semantic Search. Full trial - no card required.

  • 18-section brief - facts, issues, ratio, relief
  • Ask this case - answers cite the judgment
  • Semantic search - find precedents by meaning
  • Research drawer - sections, cites, related cases

No card required · credentials emailed · Log in if you already have an account

56 entries 13 linked 43 unlinked
Show
  1. Ford Vs. Wainwright US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1986
  2. Trop Vs. Dulles US Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1958
  3. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  4. Coker Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1977
  5. Enmund Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1982
  6. Furman Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1972
  7. Solem Vs. Helm US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1983
  8. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  9. Tison Vs. Arizona US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1987
  10. Penry Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1989
  11. Mccleskey Vs. Kemp US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1987
  12. Palko Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1937
  13. Whitley Vs. Albers US Supreme Court · Mar 04, 1986
  14. U.S. 361 (1989) U.S. Supreme Court Stanford v. Kentucky
    Search
  15. U.S. 361 (1989) Stanford v. Kentucky
    Search
  16. but, rather, to the conceptions of modern American society as reflected by objective evidence. E.g., Coker v. Georgia
    Search
  17. of national agreement this Court has previously thought sufficient to label a punishment cruel and unusual. See Tison v. Arizona
    Search
  18. concluded that this Court has a constitutional obligation to conduct proportionality analysis, see, e.g., Penry v. Lynaugh
    Search
  19. least 281 offenders under the age of 18 have been executed in this country, and at least 126 under the age of 17. See V. Streib
    Search
  20. U. S. 584 , 433 U. S. 592 (1977) (plurality opinion). See also Penry v. Lynaugh
    Search
  21. are statutes passed by society's elected representatives. McCleskey v. Kemp
    Search
  22. U. S. 279 , 481 U. S. 300 (1987), quoting Gregg v. Georgia
    Search
  23. an adult woman, we stressed that Georgia was the sole jurisdiction that authorized such a punishment. See Coker v. Georgia
    Search
  24. in which an accomplice takes a life, we emphasized that only eight jurisdictions authorized similar punishment. Enmund v. Florida
    Search
  25. permitted such punishment. Ford v. Wainwright
    Search
  26. petitioners' cases are more analogous to Tison v. Arizona
    Search
  27. of petitioners, Gregg v. Georgia
    Search
  28. Zant v. Stephens
    Search
  29. individualized mitigating factors that sentencers must be permitted to consider is the defendant's age, see Eddings v. Oklahoma
    Search
  30. Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment would invalidate these laws for lack of rational basis. See Dallas v. Stanglin
    Search
  31. post at 492 U. S. 391 (emphasis added), quoting Enmund v. Florida
    Search
  32. indicators of state laws or jury determinations evidenced a societal consensus against that penalty. See Solem v. Helm
    Search
  33. Page 492 U. S. 380 Enmund v. Florida
    Search
  34. Together with No. 87-6026, Wilkins v. Missouri
    Search
  35. Thompson v. Oklahoma
    Search
  36. U. S. 815 , 487 U. S. 868 -869, n. 4 (1988) (SCALIA, J., dissenting), quoting Palko v. Connecticut
    Search
  37. the death penalty. JUSTICE O'CONNOR, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Last Term, in Thompson v. Oklahoma
    Search
  38. is proportional. Thompson, supra at 487 U. S. 853 , quoting Enmund v. Florida
    Search
  39. U. S. In my view, this Court does have a constitutional obligation to conduct proportionality analysis. See Penry v. Lynaugh
    Search
  40. of contemporary attitudes toward the punishment, as evidenced in the actions of legislatures and of juries. McCleskey v. Kemp
    Search
  41. that have a death penalty, no minimum age for capital sentences is set in the death penalty statute. See Thompson v. Oklahoma
    Search
  42. that a punishment is beyond Eighth Amendment challenge if it is sometimes handed down by a jury. See, e.g., Enmund v. Florida
    Search
  43. id. at 487 U. S. 853 -854 (opinion of O'CONNOR, J.), and does so again in this case and in Penry v. Lynaugh
    Search
  44. West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
    Search
  45. U.S. Supreme Court Stanford v. Kentucky
    Search
  46. E.g., Coker v. Georgia
    Search
  47. See Tison v. Arizona
    Search
  48. See v. Streib
    Search
  49. See Coker v. Georgia
    Search
  50. Eddings v. Oklahoma
    Search

AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial