Simmons v. South Carolina

Simmons v. South Carolina
Argued January 18, 1994
Decided June 17, 1994
Full case name Simmons v. South Carolina
Citations 512 U.S. 154 (more)
Holding
Where a capital defendant's future dangerousness is at issue, and the only sentencing alternative to death is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, due process entitles the defendant to inform the jury of his future parole ineligibility.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Case opinions
Plurality Blackmun, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg
Concurrence Souter, joined by Stevens
Concurrence Ginsburg
Concurrence O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy,
Dissent Scalia, joined by Thomas

Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that where a capital defendant's future dangerousness is at issue, and the only sentencing alternative to death available to the jury is life imprisonment without possibility of parole, due process requires that the jury be informed of the defendant's parole ineligibility.

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