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Stringer Vs. Black
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- US Supreme Court
- Dec 09, 1991
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U.S. 222 (1991) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Stringer V. BlackSearch
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punishment. The Court of Appeals ultimately affirmed, holding that Stringer was not entitled to rely on Clemons v. MississippiSearch
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U. S. 738 , or Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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as defined in Teague v. LaneSearch
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aggravating circumstance was controlled by Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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and found at least one statutory aggravating factor must weigh such factors against the mitigating evidence. Zant v. StephensSearch
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was no constitutional requirement to define aggravating factors with precision in the Mississippi system. Lowenfield v. PhelpsSearch
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at all times viewed the State's capital sentencing scheme as subject to Godfrey's dictates. See, e. g., Gilliard v. StateSearch
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and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger. 225 either Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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U. S. 356 (1988), or Clemons v. MississippiSearch
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from relying on Maynard and Clemons because either or both announced a new rule as defined in Teague v. LaneSearch
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described in the opinion of the Mississippi Supreme Court on direct review of the conviction and sentence. Stringer v. StateSearch
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define the meaning of the third factor. On direct review the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed. Stringer v. StateSearch
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other cases, ibid. Petitioner's conviction became final when we denied certiorari on February 19, 1985. Stringer v. MississippiSearch
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U. S. 1230. Postconviction relief was denied in the state courts. Stringer v. StateSearch
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the claim subject to a procedural bar and, in the alter- 227 native, ruled it had no merit. Stringer v. ScroggySearch
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jury's consideration of the third aggravating factor because two other aggravating factors were unchallenged. Stringer v. JacksonSearch
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F.2d 1108 (CA5 1988). When the Court of Appeals affirmed, we had not decided Clemons v. MississippiSearch
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the Court of Appeals held that petitioner was not entitled to rely on Clemons or the related case of Maynard v. CartwrightSearch
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new rule after his sentence was final. 909 F.2d 111 (1990). The court relied upon its earlier analysis in Smith v. BlackSearch
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relief unless the decision was dictated by precedent existing when the judgment in question became final. Butler v. McKellarSearch
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a new rule because the prior decision is applied in a novel setting, thereby extending the precedent. See Butler v. McKellarSearch
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A A determination whether Maynard and Clemons announced a new rule must begin with Godfrey v. GeorgiaSearch
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State, while Georgia is not. See Clemons v. MississippiSearch
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factor might require invalidation of the death sentence. Id., at 890. Although we later held in Clemons v. MississippiSearch
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Woodson v. NorthSearch
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and Maynard line of cases. These principles of appellate review were illustrated by our decision in Barclay v. FloridaSearch
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U. S. 939 (1983). Florida, like Mississippi, is a weighing State, Parker v. DuggerSearch
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has taken place during the jury's deliberation with respect to guilt. The State cites our decision in Lowenfield v. PhelpsSearch
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the Texas scheme, under which the required narrowing occurs at the guilt phase. Id., at 245 (discussing Jurek v. TexasSearch
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Court considered decisions of the Florida Supreme Court to be the most appropriate source of guidance. In Gilliard v. StateSearch
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So. 2d 576, 586 (1983), the Mississippi Supreme Court compared the claim before it to the claim in Dobbert v. StateSearch
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factors are critical in 235 the jury's determination whether to impose the death penalty. See also Evans v. StateSearch
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rule of federalism that ignores the view of the highest court of a State as to the meaning of its own law. See Teague v. LaneSearch
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because prior to Clemons the Fifth Circuit concluded that Godfrey did not apply to Mississippi. See Evans v. ThigpenSearch
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Teague doctrine. The Mississippi Supreme Court has recognized that it is bound by Godfrey. See, e. g., Mhoon v. StateSearch
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the relevant cases. The short answer to the State's argument is that the Fifth Circuit made a serious mistake in Evans v. ThigpenSearch
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and Johnson v. ThigpenSearch
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dissenting. Today the Court holds that no reasonable jurist could have believed in 1985, two years after Zant v. StephensSearch
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Syllabus Stringer V. BlackSearch
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