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Legal Citation: 501 U.S. 808 (1991)

Petitioner
Supreme Court of Tennessee

Respondent
Pervis Tyrone Payne

Petitioner's Claim
That the conviction of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to murder in the first degree should be upheld on the grounds that rights under the Eighth Amendment were not violated by the introduction of victim impact evidence.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
J. Brooke Lathram

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Charles W. Burson, Attorney General of Tennessee

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

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