Kansas v. Marsh

Kansas v. Marsh

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Kansas v. Marsh
ArgueDate=April 25
ArgueYear=2006
DecideDate=June 26
DecideYear=2006
FullName=Kansas v. Michael Lee Marsh, II
USVol=548
USPage=163
Citation=
Docket=04-1170
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=The Eighth Amendment did not prohibit states from imposing the death penalty when mitigating and aggravating sentencing factors were in equipose. Kansas Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
SCOTUS=2006
Majority=Thomas
JoinMajority=Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito
Concurrence=Scalia
Dissent=Stevens
Dissent2=Souter
JoinDissent2=Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. VIII

"Kansas v. Marsh", 548 U.S. 163 (2006), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that a Kansas death penalty statute was consistent with the U.S. Constitution.

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* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 548

External links

* [http://www.vlex.us/caselaw/US-Supreme-Court/Recent-Opinions/2100-318566,01.html Full text of the Court's opinions in Kansas v. Marsh at vlex.us]
* [http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1170/ Oyez.org analysis of the decision]


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