Baze v. Rees
| Baze v. Rees | |
|---|---|
| Argued January 7, 2008 Decided April 16, 2008 | |
| Full case name | Ralph Baze and Thomas C. Bowling v. John Dewitt Rees, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections |
| Docket no. | 07-5439 |
| Citations | 553 U.S. 35 (more) 128 S. Ct. 1520; 170 L. Ed. 2d 420 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 217 S.W.3d 207 (Ky. 2007); cert. granted, 551 U.S. 1192 (2007); order modified, 552 U.S. 945 (2007). |
| Holding | |
| Cocktail using three drugs for execution by lethal injection in Kentucky is constitutional under the Eighth Amendment. Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Alito |
| Concurrence | Alito |
| Concurrence | Stevens (in judgment) |
| Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment), joined by Thomas |
| Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment), joined by Scalia |
| Concurrence | Breyer (in judgment) |
| Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Souter |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VIII | |
Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35 (2008), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the constitutionality of a particular method of lethal injection used for capital punishment.