Morgan v. Illinois

Morgan v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 21, 1992 Decided June 15, 1992
Full case name	Derrick Morgan v. State of Illinois
Citations	504 U.S. 719 (more) 112 S. Ct. 2222; 119 L. Ed. 2d 492; 1992 U.S. LEXIS 3548; 60 U.S.L.W. 4541; 92 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5037; 92 Daily Journal DAR 7962; 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 421
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois
Holding
A defendant facing the death penalty may challenge for cause a prospective juror who would automatically vote to impose the death penalty in every case.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter
Dissent	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VI, Due Process Clause

Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case established the right of defendants to challenge for cause any juror that would automatically impose the death penalty in all capital cases.