Law Practice
Nov. 11, 2008
Supreme Court Won't Hear Victim Impact Statement Cases
Over the objections of three justices, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from California concerning the admissibility of videotaped victim impact statements.
By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Over the objections of three justices, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from California concerning the admissibility of videotaped victim impact statements. At issue in the two consolidated cases is the Supreme Court's 1991 ruling that victim impact statements are not a violation of the Eighth Amendment rights of defendants, Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808. ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Over the objections of three justices, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from California concerning the admissibility of videotaped victim impact statements. At issue in the two consolidated cases is the Supreme Court's 1991 ruling that victim impact statements are not a violation of the Eighth Amendment rights of defendants, Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808. ...
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