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Dawson Vs. Delaware

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 12, 1991

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  10. U.S. 159 (1991) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Dawson V. Delaware
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  11. at sentencing simply because those beliefs and associations are protected by the First Amendment. See, e. g., Barclay v. Florida
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  12. endorsed any unlawful or violent acts. Thus, it was not relevant to help prove any aggravating circumstance. Cf. Texas v. Johnson
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  13. character evidence, see Payne v. Tennessee
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  14. protects an individual's right to join groups and associate with others holding similar beliefs. See Aptheker v. Secretary
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  15. to that association at his penalty hearing violated his constitutional rights. Relying on our statement in Zant v. Stephens
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  16. Williams v. New
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  17. of racial intolerance and subversive advocacy where such evidence was relevant to the issues involved. In Barclay v. Florida
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  18. id., at 970, and n. 18 (STEVENS, J., concurring in judgment). One year later, in United States v. Abel
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  19. Brotherhood evidence in this case, because the evidence proved nothing more than Dawson's abstract beliefs. Cf. Texas v. Johnson
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  20. to introduce any relevant mitigating evidence that he proffers in support of a sentence less than death. Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  21. sort of relevant mitigating evidence, the State is entitled to rebut that evidence with proof of its own. See Payne v. Tennessee
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  22. required by the State to practice law. Schware v. Board
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  23. associational rights if there is no connection between the information sought and the State's interest. Bates v. Little
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  24. at this time, and we therefore leave it open for consideration by the Supreme Court of Delaware on remand. See Clemons v. Mississippi
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  25. has declined to apply harmlesserror analysis to certain categories of constitutional error. See, e. g., Batson v. Kentucky
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  26. a substantial argument that harmless-error analysis is not appropriate for the type of error before us today. See Rose v. Clark
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  27. of the other organizations to which Dawson belonged, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or the Green Tree Program. Cf. Jones v. Hamelman
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  28. David K. v. Lane
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  29. prison gang conveyed additional information about Dawson's character. In Barclay v. Florida
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  30. Skipper v. South
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  31. United States v. Fountain
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  32. United States v. Silverstein
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  33. the nature of prison gangs generally. 174 itself is an indication of future dangerousness, see Franklin v. Lynaugh
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  34. of the defendant himself. See Penry v. Lynaugh
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  35. U. S. 302 , 328 (1989) (quoting California v. Brown
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  36. Woodson v. North
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  37. a standard easy for defendants to satisfy, but difficult for prosecutors. Under Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  38. U. S. 104 (1982), and Lockett v. Ohio
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  39. comparable evidence regarding their religious practice and fraternal organizations. See, e. g., Jordan 175 v. State
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  40. Sivak v. State
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  41. Deputy v. State
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  42. People v. Belmontes
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  43. Evans v. McCotter
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  44. State v. Beuke
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  45. a bad one. The jury could not have assessed Dawson's overall character without both. Just last Term, in Payne v. Tennessee
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  46. U. S. 808 (1991), the Court condemned a similar distortion. Overruling Booth v. Maryland
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  47. U. S. 496 (1987), and South Carolina v. Gathers
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  48. that the Constitution permits courts and juries to consider character evidence in sentencing proceedings. See Williams v. New
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  49. Id., at 250, n. 15. More recently, in Franklin v. Lynaugh
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  50. Syllabus Dawson V. Delaware
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