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Satterwhite Vs. Texas

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 31, 1988

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  9. U.S. 249 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Satterwhite v. Texas
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  10. U.S. 249 (1988) Satterwhite v. Texas
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  11. Appeals held that the admission of Dr. Grigson's testimony violated the Sixth Amendment right, recognized in Estelle v. Smith
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  12. Appeals properly determined that there had been no compliance with the Sixth Amendment requirement, set out in Estelle v. Smith
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  13. not satisfy the Sixth Amendment. Pp. 486 U. S. 256 -258. 2. The harmless error rule set forth in Chapman v. California
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  14. applies to the admission of psychiatric testimony in violation of the Sixth Amendment right set out in Estelle v. Smith
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  15. in the consideration or decision of the case. JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. In Estelle v. Smith
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  16. admission of Dr. Grigson's testimony violated the Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel recognized in Estelle v. Smith
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  17. that a Sixth Amendment violation tainting an entire criminal proceeding can never be considered harmless, Holloway v. Arkansas
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  18. to decide whether harmless error analysis applies to violations of the Sixth Amendment right set out in Estelle v. Smith
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  19. U.S. 905 (1987). II The controversy in Estelle v. Smith
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  20. U.S. at 451 U. S. 471 , quoting Smith v. Estelle
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  21. F.2d 694, 708 (CA5 1979), and Powell v. Alabama
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  22. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals determined that the Sixth Amendment notice requirement set out in Estelle v. Smith
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  23. a constitutional error did not contribute to the verdict, the error is harmless and the verdict may stand. Chapman v. California
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  24. U. S. 570 , 478 U. S. 577 (1986) (quoting Delaware v. Van
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  25. harmless. Sixth Amendment violations that pervade the entire proceeding fall within this category. See Holloway v. Arkansas
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  26. Chapman, supra, at 386 U. S. 23 , n. 8 (citing Gideon v. Wainwright
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  27. White v. Maryland
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  28. urges us to adopt an automatic rule of reversal for violations of the Sixth Amendment right recognized in Estelle v. Smith
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  29. or during a critical stage in, at least, the prosecution of a capital offense, reversal is automatic. Gideon v. Wainwright
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  30. caused by a Sixth Amendment violation is limited to the erroneous admission of particular evidence at trial. In Milton v. Wainwright
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  31. U. S. 371 (1972), for example, the Court held the admission of a confession obtained in violation of Massiah v. United
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  32. admission of identification testimony obtained in violation of the right to counsel at a post-indictment lineup. Moore v. Illinois
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  33. would apply in a noncapital case to constitutional error in the use of a psychological evaluation at trial. Buchanan v. Kentucky
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  34. rule applies to the admission of psychiatric testimony in violation of the Sixth Amendment right set out in Estelle v. Smith
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  35. Satterwhite now contends that Dr. Schroeder's testimony was also admitted in violation of Estelle v. Smith
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  36. examination on which Dr. Grigson testified at the capital sentencing proceeding was in bald violation of Estelle v. Smith
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  37. if certain constitutional errors might properly be subject to such harmless error analysis, a violation of Estelle v. Smith
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  38. the appropriate sentence requires a profoundly moral evaluation of the defendant's character and crime. See California v. Brown
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  39. Moreover, although much of the Court's capital jurisprudence since Furman v. Georgia
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  40. sentence in a specific case, the sentencer nonetheless is afforded substantial discretion. See, e.g., McCleskey v. Kemp
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  41. Woodson v. Page
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  42. error on the basis of a cold record is a dangerously speculative enterprise. As the Court recognized in Caldwell v. Mississippi
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  43. is later determined to violate a defendant's constitutional rights is nowhere apparent in the record. In McCleskey v. Kemp
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  44. Id. at 481 U. S. 311 , quoting Peters v. Kiff
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  45. awesome severity of a sentence of death makes it qualitatively different from all other sanctions. See, e.g., Lockett v. Ohio
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  46. California v. Ramos
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  47. sentencing phase, such a situation is not presented when the error is a violation of the Sixth Amendment under Estelle v. Smith
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  48. II As an initial matter, the Court in Estelle v. Smith
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court Satterwhite v. Texas
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  50. Estelle v. Smith
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