Dawson v. Delaware, No. 90-6704 (U.S. Supreme Court) (503 U.S. 159; 112 S.Ct. 1093) (March 9, 1992) (Justice Rehnquist)
Case held that both the 1st and 14th Amendments prohibit the introduction in a capital sentencing hearing of the fact that the defendant was a member of an arganization called the Aryan Brotherhood, where that evidence had no relevance to the issues.
The question presented in this capital case was …
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