Penry v. Lynaugh, No. 87-6177 (U.S. Supreme Court) (492 U.S. 302; 109 S.Ct. 2934) (June 26, 1989) (Justice O'Connor)
In this case the Court established what has come to be known as the "Penry" claim, under which the Court held that it was error for the court to refuse to give a jury instruction that it could consider the defendant's mental retardation as a basis for declining to impose ...
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