Supreme Court of the United States

Shawn Patrick Lynch v. Arizona.

May 31, 2016136 S. Ct. 1818

Summary

The Court held that, under Simmons v. South Carolina, a capital defendant who is parole‑ineligible has a due‑process right to inform the sentencing jury of that fact when future dangerousness is at issue, and reversed the Arizona Supreme Court’s judgment, remanding for further proceedings consistent with that rule.