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Sawyer Vs. Whitley
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- Feb 25, 1992
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U.S. 333 (1992) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Sawyer V. WhitleySearch
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had tried to prevent an accomplice from setting fire to the victim-in violation of his due process rights under Brady v. MarylandSearch
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merits of such claims if failure to hear them would result in a miscarriage of justice. See, e. g., Kuhlmann v. WilsonSearch
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definition, which would limit any showing to the elements of the crime, is rejected, since, by stating in Smith v. MurraySearch
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girlfriend, Cynthia Shano, and Shano's two young children. As we recounted in our earlier review of this case, Sawyer v. SmithSearch
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fully recounted in the opinion of the Louisiana Supreme Court affirming petitioner's conviction and sentence. State v. SawyerSearch
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to death.2 Sawyer's conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal by the Louisiana Supreme Court. State v. SawyerSearch
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So. 2d 95 (1982). We granted certiorari, and vacated and remanded with instructions to reconsider in light of Zant v. StephensSearch
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U. S. 862 (1983). Sawyer v. LouisianaSearch
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U. S. 1223 (1983). On remand, the Louisiana Supreme Court reaffirmed the sentence. Sawyer v. StateSearch
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U. S. 931 (1984). Petitioner's first petition for state postconviction relief was denied. Louisiana ex rel. Sawyer v. MaggioSearch
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Sawyer filed his first federal habeas petition, raising 18 claims, all of which were denied on the merits. See Sawyer v. ButlerSearch
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F.2d 1273 (CA5 1989). We again granted certiorari and affirmed the Court of Appeals' denial of relief. Sawyer v. SmithSearch
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to the trial court for hearings on petitioner's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. Louisiana ex rel. Sawyer v. MaggioSearch
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Sawyer v. MaggioSearch
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So. 2d 554 (1985). 4 In this earlier review, we held that Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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U. S. 320 (1985), could not be applied retroactively to petitioner's case under Teague v. LaneSearch
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U. S. 965 (1991), and we now affirm. Unless a habeas petitioner shows cause and prejudice, see Wainwright v. SykesSearch
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claims that raise grounds identical to grounds heard and decided on the merits in a previous petition, Kuhlmann v. WilsonSearch
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b) new claims, not previously raised, which constitute an abuse of the writ, McCleskey v. ZantSearch
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claims in which the petitioner failed to follow applicable state procedural rules in raising the claims, Murray v. CarrierSearch
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see, e. g., Engle v. IsaacSearch
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exception. As we explained in Kuhlmann v. WilsonSearch
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of these cases we held that the actual innocence exception also applies to procedurally defaulted claims. Murray v. CarrierSearch
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supra. 6 In Smith v. MurraySearch
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subsequent cases, we have emphasized the narrow scope of the fundamental miscarriage of justice exception. In Dugger v. AdamsSearch
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Id., at 412, n. 6. Just last Term in McCleskey v. ZantSearch
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exception if such a claim is made.7 Since our decision in Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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procedural safeguards protecting against arbitrary and capricious impositions of the death sentence. See, e. g., Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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may resolve against such a petitioner doubts and uncertainties as to the sufficiency of his submission. See Gomez v. UnitedSearch
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satisfaction of the jury, its deliberations assume a different tenor. In a series of cases beginning with Lock ett v. OhioSearch
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of the petitioner. Brief for Petitioner 15, n. 21, quoting Johnson v. SingletarySearch
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and statutory aggravating circumstances in Louisiana are 10 Petitioner's standard derives from language in Smith v. MurraySearch
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mitigating evidence amounts to a miscarriage of justice. 11 In Deutscher v. WhitleySearch
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in a verdict of death against one whom the jury would otherwise have sentenced to life imprisonment.''' Stokes v. ArmontroutSearch
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F.2d 152 , 156 (1989), quoting Smith v. ArmontroutSearch
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a necessary showing for habeas relief for many constitutional errors. See, e. g., United States v. BagleySearch
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claim. In practical terms a petitioner would no longer have to show cause, contrary to our prior cases. McCleskey v. ZantSearch
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even bring with the term its established meaning in reviewing factfindings in bench trials. We held in United States v. UnitedSearch
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States Gypsum Co., 333 U. S. 364 , 395 (1948), and reaffirmed in Anderson v. BessemerSearch
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of jury verdicts-that no reasonable sentencer could have imposed the death penalty. Post, at 371. Cf. Jackson v. VirginiaSearch
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test for determining actual innocence. Johnson v. SingletarySearch
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claims that the police failed to produce this exculpatory evidence in violation of his due process rights under Brady v. MarylandSearch
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