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Payne Vs. Tennessee

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 27, 1991

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  11. U.S. 808 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Payne v. Tennessee
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  12. U.S. 808 (1991) Payne v. Tennessee
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  13. of the grandmother's testimony and the State's closing argument violated his Eighth Amendment rights under Booth v. Maryland
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  14. U. S. 496 , and South Carolina v. Gathers
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  15. Court in Booth, supra at 482 U. S. 504 , misread Page 501 U. S. 809 the statement in Woodson v. North
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  16. As Gregg v. Georgia
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  17. but a class of evidence that must be received, i.e., any relevant, nonprejudicial material, see Barefoot v. Estelle
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  18. relevant mitigating evidence a capital defendant may introduce concerning his own circumstances. See, e.g., Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  19. trial fundamentally unfair, the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause provides a mechanism for relief. See Darden v. Wainwright
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  20. Court has never felt constrained to follow precedent when governing decisions are unworkable or badly reasoned, Smith v. Allwright
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  21. particularly in constitutional cases, where correction through legislative action is practically impossible, Burnet v. Coronado
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  22. have defied consistent application by the lower courts, see, e.g., State v. Huertas
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  23. CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we reconsider our holdings in Booth v. Maryland
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  24. U. S. 496 (1987), and South Carolina v. Gathers
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  25. s closing argument constituted prejudicial violations of his rights under the Eighth Amendment as applied in Booth v. Maryland
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  26. U.S. at 482 U. S. 504 (quoting Woodson v. North
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  27. U.S. at 482 U. S. 502 (quoting Zant v. Stephens
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  28. U.S. at 482 U. S. 502 (quoting Enmund v. Florida
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  29. second defendant participates does not result in the death of a victim, the death penalty may not be imposed. Tison v. Arizona
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  30. authority has always been free to consider a wide range of Page 501 U. S. 821 relevant material. Williams v. New
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  31. of capital sentencing, prior to Booth, the joint opinion of Justices Stewart, Powell, and STEVENS in Gregg v. Georgia
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  32. harm caused by a particular crime -- is of recent origin, this fact hardly renders it unconstitutional. Williams v. Florida
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  33. that the defendant proffers in support of a sentence less than death. Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  34. U. S. 104 , 455 U. S. 114 (1982). See also Skipper v. South
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  35. received. Any doubt on the matter is dispelled by comparing the language in Woodson with the language from Gregg v. Georgia
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  36. U. S. 279 , 481 U. S. 305 -306 (1987). But, as we noted in California v. Ramos
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  37. fundamentally unfair, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides a mechanism for relief. See Darden v. Wainwright
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  38. cost of the crime of which the defendant stands convicted. We reaffirm the view expressed by Justice Cardozo in Snyder v. Massachusetts
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  39. on judicial decisions, and contributes to the actual and perceived integrity of the judicial process. See Vasquez v. Hillery
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  40. Burnet v. Coronado
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  41. at their acme in cases involving property and contract rights, where reliance interests are involved, see Swift & Co. v. Wickham
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  42. State Land Bd. v. Corvallis
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  44. The Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh
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  45. U.S. at 486 U. S. 395 -396 (REHNQUIST, C.J., dissenting). See also State v. Hertas
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  46. U. S. 637 (1971) (overruling Kesler v. Department
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Payne v. Tennessee
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  48. Booth v. Maryland
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  49. and South Carolina v. Gathers
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  50. Woodson v. North
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