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Boyde Vs. California

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 05, 1990

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  13. U.S. 370 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Boyde v. California
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  14. U.S. 370 (1990) Boyde v. California
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  15. of the death penalty's appropriateness is foreclosed by Blystone v. Pennsylvania
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  16. Cal.3d at 253, 250 Cal.Rptr. at 106, 758 P.2d at 48 (quoting People v. Brown
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  17. See Penry v. Lynaugh
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  18. petitioner's claim at length, because we conclude that it is foreclosed by our decision earlier this Term in Blystone v. Pennsylvania
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  19. and give effect to all relevant mitigating evidence Page 494 U. S. 378 offered by petitioner. See Lockett v. Ohio
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  20. Penry, supra. In assessing the affect of a challenged jury instruction, we follow the familiar rule stated in Cupp v. Naughten
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  21. to a jury may not be judged in artificial isolation, but must be viewed in the context of the overall charge. Boyd v. United
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  22. to restrict impermissibly a jury's consideration of relevant evidence is less than clear from our cases. In Francis v. Franklin
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  23. Id. at 471 U. S. 315 -316 (emphasis added). See also Sandstrom v. Montana
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  24. U. S. 379 to apply the Francis standard, have not adhered strictly to that formulation. In California v. Brown
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  25. have done. And two Terms ago in Mills v. Maryland
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  26. emphasis added). Other opinions in the area likewise have produced a variety of tests and standards. See, e.g., Penry v. Lynaugh
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  27. Andres v. United
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  28. the unconstitutionality of any of the theories requires that the conviction be set aside. See, e.g., Stromberg v. California
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  29. Leary v. United
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  30. Bachellar v. Maryland
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  31. of character in the face of these obstacles. But as we explained last Page 494 U. S. 382 Term in Penry v. Lynaugh
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  32. Penry, supra, at 492 U. S. 319 (quoting California v. Brown
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  33. California v. Brown
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  34. to cure statutes or instructions which clearly directed the sentencer to disregard evidence. See, e.g., Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  35. the latter, we have often recognized, are viewed as definitive and binding statements of the law. See Carter v. Kentucky
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  36. Quercia v. United
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  37. Starr v. United
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  38. Arguments of counsel which misstate the law are subject to objection and to correction by the court. E.g., Greer v. Miller
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  39. United States v. Young
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  40. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
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  41. In People v. Easley
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  42. Id. at 878, n. 10, 196 Cal.Rptr. at 322, n. 10, 671 P.2d at 826 n. 10 (quoting Lockett v. Ohio
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  43. In People v. Brown
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  44. a defendant must demonstrate that the evidence would more likely than not lead to a different outcome. See INS v. Abudu
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  45. and that the jury must be able to consider that evidence as a mitigating circumstance under our decision in Skipper v. South
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  46. Page 494 U. S. 387 Woodson v. North
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  47. U. S. 304 (1976) (opinion of Stewart, Powell, and STEVENS, JJ.) (quoting Pennsylvania ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe
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  48. interpret the instructions in an unconstitutional manner. See, Page 494 U. S. 388 e.g., Sandstrom v. Montana
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  49. long shared this Court's assessment that death is qualitatively different from all other punishments, see Spaziano v. Florida
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  50. Page 494 U. S. 389 the jury that it could consider evidence of a defendant's background and character, see People v. Easley
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