United States Supreme Court

Where a the does not instruct the jury that a life sentence would be without parole, Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 US 154 (1994), applies and due process entitles the defendant to inform the jury of his ineligibility for parole.

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• Decided 03/20/2001
• Published 03/20/2001

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