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Buchanan Vs. Angelone

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 03, 1997

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  1. Romano Vs. Oklahoma US Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1994
  2. Mccleskey Vs. Kemp US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1987
  3. Eddings Vs. Oklahoma US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1982
  4. Lockett Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1978
  5. FranklIn Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1988
  6. Boyde Vs. California US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1990
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  7. Penry Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1989
  8. U.S. 269 (1997) October Term, 1997 Syllabus Buchanan V. Angelone
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  9. issue, in which the jury determines whether to impose a death sentence on an eligible defendant. See, e. g., Tuilaepa v. California
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  10. on the sentencing determination do not preclude the jury from giving effect to any such evidence. E. g., Penry v. Lynaugh
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  11. has applied its instructions in a way that prevents consideration of constitutionally relevant evidence. E. g., Boyde v. California
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  12. and affirmed his conviction and death sentence. Buchanan v. Commonwealth
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  13. Va. 389, 384 S. E. 2d 757 (1989), cert. denied sub nom. Buchanan v. Virginia
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  14. of the death penalty''' in order to eliminate arbitrariness and capriciousness. Id., at 347 (quoting Proffitt v. Florida
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  15. U. S. 242 , 258 (1976)). However, relying on our decision in Zant v. Stephens
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  16. two different aspects of the capital sentencing process, the eligibility phase and the selection phase. Tuilaepa v. California
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  17. discretion to make an individualized determination and have that discretion limited and channeled. See, e. g., Gregg v. Georgia
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  18. precluded from considering, and may not refuse to consider, any constitutionally relevant mitigating evidence. Penry v. Lynaugh
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  19. of mitigation so long as it does not preclude the jury from giving effect to any relevant mitigating evidence. Johnson v. Texas
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  20. s sentencing determination not preclude the jury from being able to give effect to mitigating evidence. Thus, in Boyde v. California
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  21. Ibid. (quoting California v. Brown
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  22. perfectly describes the incompatibility between the Lockett-Eddings requirement and the holding of Furman v. Georgia
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  23. sentencer's discretion must be constrained to avoid arbitrary or freakish imposition of the death penalty. See Walton v. Arizona
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  24. California v. Brown
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  25. Ante, at 276 (quoting Boyde v. California
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  26. about weighing aggravating against mitigating circumstances. Boyde, 494 U. S., at 373374, and n. 1. In Johnson v. Texas
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  27. to cover the mitigating circumstance (youth) that the defendant there had raised. Id., at 354. See also Franklin v. Lynaugh
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  28. U. S. 164 , 183-188 (1988) (O'CONNOR, J., concurring in judgment) (same). And in Penry v. Lynaugh
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  29. of an instruction that seems to exclude the evidence from the universe of relevant considerations. Cf. Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  30. the judge, not to counsel, for authoritative direction about what it is to do with the evidence that it hears. Taylor v. Kentucky
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  31. see also Carter v. Kentucky
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  32. Syllabus Buchanan V. Angelone
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  33. Tuilaepa v. California
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  34. Buchanan v. Commonwealth
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  35. Buchanan v. Virginia
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  36. Proffitt v. Florida
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  37. Gregg v. Georgia
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  38. Johnson v. Texas
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  39. of Furman v. Georgia
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  40. See Walton v. Arizona
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  41. In Johnson v. Texas
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  42. Cf. Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  43. Taylor v. Kentucky
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  44. Carter v. Kentucky
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  45. Zant v. Stephens
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