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Buchanan v. Kentucky

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-5348
Petitioner: 
Buchanan
Respondent: 
Kentucky
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
483 U.S. 402 (1987)
Argued: 
Monday, January 12, 1987
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 24, 1987
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Extra-Legal Jury Influences, Jurors and Death Penalty

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The Oyez Project, Buchanan v. Kentucky , 483 U.S. 402 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_5348)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Kentucky, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Right to Trial By Jury

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun