Skipper v. South Carolina
| Skipper v. South Carolina | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 24, 1986 Decided April 29, 1986 | |
| Full case name | Skipper v. South Carolina |
| Citations | 476 U.S. 1 (more) 106 S. Ct. 1669; 90 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 145 |
| Holding | |
| The trial court's exclusion from the sentencing hearing of the testimony of the jailers and the visitor denied petitioner his right to place before the sentencing jury all relevant evidence in mitigation of punishment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Powell, joined by Burger, Rehnquist |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. VIII, XIV | |
Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1 (1986), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the rule from Lockett v. Ohio (1978) dictated that mitigating evidence not be subject to limitations based on relevance.