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Ford Vs. Wainwright
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- US Supreme Court
- Jun 26, 1986
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U.S. 399 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Ford v. WainwrightSearch
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U.S. 399 (1986) Ford v. WainwrightSearch
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a condemned prisoner's sanity provide inadequate assurance of accuracy to satisfy the requirement of Townsend v. SainSearch
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Ford v. StateSearch
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attorneys unsuccessfully sought a hearing in state court to determine anew Ford's competency to suffer execution. Ford v. WainwrightSearch
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without a hearing. The Court of Appeals granted a certificate of probable cause and stayed Ford's execution, Ford v. StricklandSearch
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F.2d 538 (CA11 1984), and we rejected the State's effort to vacate the stay of execution. Wainwright v. FordSearch
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insane, our interpretations of the Due Process Clause and the Eighth Amendment have evolved substantially. In Solesbee v. BalkcomSearch
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sanity adequately effectuated that State's own policy of sparing the insane from execution. See also Caritativo v. CaliforniaSearch
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Smith v. BaldiSearch
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of punishment that had been considered cruel and unusual at the time that the Bill of Rights was adopted. See Solem v. HelmSearch
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the Eighth Amendment's proscriptions are not limited to those practices condemned by the common law in 1789. See Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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whether a particular punishment comports with the fundamental human dignity that the Amendment protects. See Coker v. GeorgiaSearch
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Court has demanded that factfinding procedures aspire to a heightened standard of reliability. See, e.g., Spaziano v. FloridaSearch
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that death is different. See Woodson v. NorthSearch
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Solesbee v. BalkcomSearch
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ultimate decision will turn on the finding of a single fact, not on a range of equitable considerations. Cf. Woodson v. NorthSearch
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wholly within the executive branch, ex parte, and provides the exclusive means for determining sanity. Ford v. WainwrightSearch
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Goode v. WainwrightSearch
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States to limit the capital defendant's submission of relevant evidence in mitigation of the sentence. Skipper v. SouthSearch
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a factfinder's consideration of differing psychiatric opinions when resolving contested issues of mental state. In Ake v. OklahomaSearch
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cannot be expected to evaluate the various opinions, particularly when they are themselves inconsistent. See Barefoot v. EstelleSearch
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will be found a necessary means to control the number of nonmeritorious or repetitive claims of insanity. Cf. Pate v. RobinsonSearch
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and Supp.1986) provides inadequate assurances of accuracy to satisfy the requirements of Townsend v. SainSearch
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evidentiary hearing in the District Court, de novo, on the question of his competence to be executed. Townsend v. SainSearch
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Supp.1986). Others have adopted the common law rule by judicial decision. See State v. AllenSearch
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Commonwealth v. MoonSearch
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Jordan v. StateSearch
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State v. DavisSearch
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Court does not purport to set substantive guidelines for the development of expert psychiatric opinion, cf. Barefoot v. EstelleSearch
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execution of the insane was barred at common law precisely because it was considered cruel and unusual. In Solem v. HelmSearch
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U. S. 86 , 356 U. S. 101 (1958) (plurality opinion). See Solem v. HelmSearch
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he also has the right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. Evitts v. LuceySearch
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U. S. 668 (1984). See Kimmelman v. MorrisonSearch
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trial, and thus the notion that a defendant must be able to assist in his defense is largely provided for. See Drope v. MissouriSearch
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State v. PastetSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Ford v. WainwrightSearch
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