Payne V. Tennessee
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| Date decided | 1991 |
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Majority | Rehnquist |
| White | |
| Citations | U. S. |
| L. Ed. 2d | |
| Prior | U. S. |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1136674 |
About Payne V. Tennessee
Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U. S. 808, was a United States Supreme Court case which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial and, in death penalty cases, does not violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment.
