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Sawyer Vs. Smith
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- Jun 21, 1990
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U.S. 227 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Sawyer v. SmithSearch
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U.S. 227 (1990) Sawyer v. SmithSearch
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s sense of responsibility for the capital sentencing decision, in violation of this Court's 1985 decision in Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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U. S. 320 . While his appeal of the denial of habeas relief was pending, this Court decided Teague v. LaneSearch
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imposition of a certain type of punishment for a class of defendants because of their status or offense, see Penry v. LynaughSearch
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argument as impermissible under the Eighth Amendment. The discussion of improper prosecutorial comment in Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSearch
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of fundamental fairness, not the Eighth Amendment's more particular guarantees of sentencing reliability. Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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and Woodson v. NorthSearch
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U. S. 228 there were indications that Caldwell was not an Eighth Amendment requirement, see California v. RamosSearch
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of Caldwell, that misleading prosecutorial comment might cause a bias in favor of death sentences, see Dobbert v. FloridaSearch
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Page 497 U. S. 229 fundamental fairness that may come within Teague's second exception. Cf., e.g., Dugger v. AdamsSearch
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We must decide in this case whether a prisoner whose murder conviction became final before our decision in Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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a federal habeas corpus action. We hold that he cannot, for Caldwell announced a new rule as defined by Teague v. LaneSearch
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Id. at 985. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed petitioner's conviction and sentence. State v. SawyerSearch
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and remanded the case with instructions to the Louisiana Supreme Court to reconsider its decision in light of Zant v. StephensSearch
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U. S. 862 (1983). Sawyer v. LouisianaSearch
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U.S. 1223 (1983). The Louisiana Supreme Court reaffirmed the capital sentence on remand, Sawyer v. LouisianaSearch
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when we denied certiorari, 466 U.S. 931. Petitioner sought state collateral relief, which was denied. Sawyer v. MaggioSearch
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Sawyer v. MaggioSearch
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the jury's sense of responsibility for the capital sentencing decision, in violation of our decision in Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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U. S. 233 After the en banc court heard oral argument, but while the case was pending, we held in Teague v. LaneSearch
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We granted certiorari, 493 U.S. 1042 (1990), to resolve a conflict among the Courts of Appeals, see Hopkinson v. ShillingerSearch
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address only whether Caldwell is available to petitioner as a ground upon which he may seek relief. Cf. Dugger v. AdamsSearch
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with the Court of Appeals, as well as the other two courts of appeals that have addressed the question. See Clark v. DuggerSearch
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Hopkinson v. ShillingerSearch
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we had earlier addressed Page 497 U. S. 235 the question of improper prosecutorial comment in Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSearch
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precedent existing at the time the defendant's conviction became final. In Caldwell itself, we relied on Eddings v. OklahomaSearch
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in capital sentencing. But the test would be meaningless if applied at this level of generality. Cf. Anderson v. CreightonSearch
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or opportunity to respond. These cases do not speak to the issue we decided in Caldwell. What we said in Saffle v. ParksSearch
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raising an Eighth Amendment challenge to prosecutorial comment, we had rejected the petitioner's claim. California v. RamosSearch
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See Caldwell v. StateSearch
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put other courts on notice that the Eighth Amendment compelled the Caldwell result. Our opinion in Maggio v. WilliamsSearch
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standard established in Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSearch
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Dugger v. AdamsSearch
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s sense of sentencing responsibility would skew the result toward leniency rather than a death sentence. See Dobbert v. FloridaSearch
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prosecutorial statements of the type later held to violate the Eighth Amendment in Caldwell. See, e.g., Ward v. CommonwealthSearch
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Ice v. CommonwealthSearch
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Wiley v. StateSearch
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