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Wainwright Vs. Witt

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 21, 1985

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  8. Maxwell Vs. Bishop US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1970
  9. U.S. 412 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Wainwright v. Witt
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  10. U.S. 412 (1985) Wainwright v. Witt
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  11. excluded for cause because of their opposition to capital punishment, in violation of the decision in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  12. Adams v. Texas
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  13. for selection of jurors in criminal trials involving the possible imposition of capital punishment, see Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  14. for cause because of their opposition to capital punishment, in violation of this Court's decision in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  15. supra. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence, and this Court denied certiorari. Witt v. State
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  16. U.S. 935 (1977). After unsuccessfully petitioning for postconviction review in the state courts, see Witt v. State
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  17. The court found its holding consistent with Circuit precedent applying the Witherspoon standard. See Granviel v. Estelle
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  18. Burns v. Estelle
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  19. should pay to a state trial judge's determination that a juror may be excused for cause under Witherspoon, see Darden v. Wainwright
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  20. O'Bryan v. Estelle
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  21. as setting the standard for judging the proper exclusion of a juror opposed to capital punishment. See, e.g., Maxwell v. Bishop
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  22. Hackathorn v. Decker
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  23. People v. Washington
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  24. Burns v. Estelle
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  25. In Lockett v. Ohio
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  26. Id. at 438 U. S. 596 . This Court again examined the Witherspoon standard in Adams v. Texas
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  27. never vote for the death sentence or who could not impartially judge guilt. After our decisions in Furman v. Georgia
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  28. U. S. 238 (1972), and Gregg v. Georgia
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  29. See McDaniel v. Sanchez
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  30. seeking exclusion who must demonstrate, through questioning, that the potential juror lacks impartiality. See Reynolds v. United
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  31. Adams, but it is equally true of any situation where a party seeks to exclude a biased juror. See, e.g., Patton v. Yount
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  32. on Page 469 U. S. 427 this section and accorded deference to the state trial judge's finding of bias, Witt v. Wainwright
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  33. not subject to the section. See Darden v. Wainwright
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  34. d) presumption. See, e.g., Patton v. Yount
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  35. a trial court's determination that a prospective capital sentencing juror was properly excluded for cause. In Darden v. Wainwright
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  36. holding, we in no way denigrate the importance of an impartial jury. We reiterate what this Court stressed in Dennis v. United
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  37. his conclusion that juror Colby was biased, or his reasoning. The finding is evident from the record. See Marshall v. Lonberger
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  38. not indicate the standard applied by a state trial judge, he is presumed to have applied the correct one. See Marshall v. Lonberger
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  39. LaVallee v. Delle
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  40. the opinion is, after all, an opinion and not an intricate devise in a will. As we emphasized in Marshall v. Lonberger
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  41. but the trial court found to the contrary. As we stated in Marshall v. Lonberger
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  42. Boyd v. Boyd
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  43. decisionmaking in both Maxwell v. Bishop
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  44. U. S. 262 (1970), and Boulden v. Holman
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  45. See, for example, the excerpts of the voir dire of venireman Pfeffer set out in O'Bryan v. Estelle
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  46. In Reynolds v. United
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  47. In O'Bryan v. Estelle
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  48. independent mechanisms of state government that already have reached one decision on the same facts. See also Darden v. Wainwright
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Wainwright v. Witt
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  50. Witherspoon v. Illinois
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