McKoy v. North Carolina, No. 88-5909 (U.S. Supreme Court) (494 U.S. 433; 110 S.Ct. 1227) (March 5, 1990) (Justice Marshall)
Certiorari was granted to the Supreme Court of North Carolina to determine whether the unanimity requirement in the state's capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional.
Petitioner, who had been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, claimed that the unanimity requirement in North Carolina's capital sentencing scheme was unconstitutional. The ...
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