Morgan v. Illinois, No. 91-5118 (U.S. Supreme Court) (504 U.S. 719; 112 S.Ct. 2222) (June 15, 1992) (Justice White)
Case held that the trial court's refusal to inquire whether potential jurors would automatically impose the death penalty upon convicting a defendant is inconsistent with the Due Process Clause and that he should have been excused.
In this capital murder case, the trial was conducted in two phases, with the …
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