Payne v. Tennessee found that courts are not required to suppress a victim impact statement in a capital punishment case.

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Payne v. Tennessee (1991) held that the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit the admission of victim impact statements in capital sentencing proceedings and that such statements do not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Therefore, courts are not required to suppress victim impact statements in capital punishment cases.

Payne V Tennessee Found That Courts Are Not Required to Suppress