<Tr> <Th> Docket nos . </Th> <Td> 03 - 633 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 543 U.S. 551 (more) 125 S. Ct. 1183; 161 L. Ed . 2d 1; 2005 U.S. LEXIS 2200; 73 U.S.L.W. 4153; 18 Fla . L. Weekly Fed . S 131 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Argument </Th> <Td> Oral argument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Defendant convicted, motion for postconviction relief denied, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Missouri; affirmed, 944 S.W. 2d 165 (Mo . 1997) (en banc), certiorari denied, 522 U.S. 953 (1997). Denial of petition for a writ of habeas corpus affirmed, 235 F. 3d 1124 (CA8), certiorari denied, 534 U.S. 924 (2001). Petition for a writ of habeas corpus granted, 112 S.W. 3d 397 (Mo . 2003) (en banc), certiorari granted, 540 U.S. 1160 (2004) </Td> </Tr>

Which has been ruled by the supreme court to be cruel and unusual punishment