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Stringer Vs. Black

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 09, 1991

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  8. Johnson Vs. Thigpen US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1987
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  9. Maynard Vs. Cartwright US Supreme Court · Jun 06, 1988
  10. Lowenfield Vs. Phelps US Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1988
  11. U.S. 222 (1991) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Stringer V. Black
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  12. punishment. The Court of Appeals ultimately affirmed, holding that Stringer was not entitled to rely on Clemons v. Mississippi
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  13. U. S. 738 , or Maynard v. Cartwright
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  14. as defined in Teague v. Lane
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  15. aggravating circumstance was controlled by Godfrey v. Georgia
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  16. and found at least one statutory aggravating factor must weigh such factors against the mitigating evidence. Zant v. Stephens
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  17. was no constitutional requirement to define aggravating factors with precision in the Mississippi system. Lowenfield v. Phelps
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  18. at all times viewed the State's capital sentencing scheme as subject to Godfrey's dictates. See, e. g., Gilliard v. State
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  19. and for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger. 225 either Maynard v. Cartwright
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  20. U. S. 356 (1988), or Clemons v. Mississippi
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  21. from relying on Maynard and Clemons because either or both announced a new rule as defined in Teague v. Lane
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  22. described in the opinion of the Mississippi Supreme Court on direct review of the conviction and sentence. Stringer v. State
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  23. define the meaning of the third factor. On direct review the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed. Stringer v. State
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  24. other cases, ibid. Petitioner's conviction became final when we denied certiorari on February 19, 1985. Stringer v. Mississippi
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  25. U. S. 1230. Postconviction relief was denied in the state courts. Stringer v. State
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  26. the claim subject to a procedural bar and, in the alter- 227 native, ruled it had no merit. Stringer v. Scroggy
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  27. jury's consideration of the third aggravating factor because two other aggravating factors were unchallenged. Stringer v. Jackson
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  28. F.2d 1108 (CA5 1988). When the Court of Appeals affirmed, we had not decided Clemons v. Mississippi
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  29. the Court of Appeals held that petitioner was not entitled to rely on Clemons or the related case of Maynard v. Cartwright
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  30. new rule after his sentence was final. 909 F.2d 111 (1990). The court relied upon its earlier analysis in Smith v. Black
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  31. relief unless the decision was dictated by precedent existing when the judgment in question became final. Butler v. McKellar
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  32. a new rule because the prior decision is applied in a novel setting, thereby extending the precedent. See Butler v. McKellar
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  33. A A determination whether Maynard and Clemons announced a new rule must begin with Godfrey v. Georgia
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  34. State, while Georgia is not. See Clemons v. Mississippi
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  35. factor might require invalidation of the death sentence. Id., at 890. Although we later held in Clemons v. Mississippi
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  36. Woodson v. North
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  37. and Maynard line of cases. These principles of appellate review were illustrated by our decision in Barclay v. Florida
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  38. U. S. 939 (1983). Florida, like Mississippi, is a weighing State, Parker v. Dugger
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  39. has taken place during the jury's deliberation with respect to guilt. The State cites our decision in Lowenfield v. Phelps
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  40. the Texas scheme, under which the required narrowing occurs at the guilt phase. Id., at 245 (discussing Jurek v. Texas
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  41. Court considered decisions of the Florida Supreme Court to be the most appropriate source of guidance. In Gilliard v. State
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  42. So. 2d 576, 586 (1983), the Mississippi Supreme Court compared the claim before it to the claim in Dobbert v. State
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  43. factors are critical in 235 the jury's determination whether to impose the death penalty. See also Evans v. State
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  44. 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. Lane
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  45. because prior to Clemons the Fifth Circuit concluded that Godfrey did not apply to Mississippi. See Evans v. Thigpen
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  46. Teague doctrine. The Mississippi Supreme Court has recognized that it is bound by Godfrey. See, e. g., Mhoon v. State
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  47. the relevant cases. The short answer to the State's argument is that the Fifth Circuit made a serious mistake in Evans v. Thigpen
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  48. and Johnson v. Thigpen
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  49. dissenting. Today the Court holds that no reasonable jurist could have believed in 1985, two years after Zant v. Stephens
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  50. Syllabus Stringer V. Black
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