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O'Dell Vs. Netherland
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- Jun 19, 1997
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U.S. 151 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus O'Dell V. NetherlandSearch
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granting federal habeas relief, the District Court concluded that this Court's intervening decision in Simmons v. SouthSearch
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rule within the meaning of Teague v. LaneSearch
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whether that new rule nonetheless falls within one of two narrow exceptions to the Teague doctrine. Lambrix v. SingletarySearch
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to petitioner's position, the result in Simmons did not follow ineluctably from the decisions in Gardner v. FloridaSearch
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U. S. 349 , and Skipper v. SouthSearch
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related to the defendant was also at the heart of two other cases in 1988's complex legal landscape. In California v. RamosSearch
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much (if at all) juries would be informed about the postsentencing legal regime was given further credence in Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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the fundamental fairness and accuracy of the criminal proceeding under the second exception to Teague. Gideon v. WainwrightSearch
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THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether the rule set out in Simmons v. SouthSearch
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within the meaning of Teague v. LaneSearch
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Petitioner appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which affirmed both the conviction and the sentence. O'Dell v. CommonwealthSearch
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Va. 672, 364 S. E. 2d 491 (1988). We denied certiorari. O'Dell v. VirginiaSearch
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S. 871 (1988). Petitioner's efforts at state habeas relief were unsuccessful, and we again denied certiorari. O'Dell v. ThompsonSearch
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of a death sentence was based only on the first aggravating factor-petitioner's future dangerousness. O'Dell v. CommonwealthSearch
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the jury of his ineligibility for parole. The District Court rejected petitioner's claim of innocence. O'Dell v. ThompsonSearch
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But it agreed with petitioner that he was entitled to resentencing under the intervening decision in Simmons v. SouthSearch
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We have stated variously the formula for determining when a rule is new. See, e. g., Graham v. CollinsSearch
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is conducted in three steps. First, the date on which the defendant's conviction became final is determined. Lambrix v. SingletarySearch
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Ibid. (quoting Saffle v. ParksSearch
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Id., at 169. The plurality, relying on Gardner v. FloridaSearch
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U. S. 349 (1977), and Skipper v. SouthSearch
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or to be informed-through argument or instruction-of the possibility of commutation, pardon, or parole.' California v. RamosSearch
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cf. Sawyer v. SmithSearch
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U. S. 227 , 236-237 (1990) (citing, as evidence that Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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Petitioner's review of the relevant precedent discloses the decisions relied upon in Simmons, namely, Gardner v. FloridaSearch
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supra, and Skipper v. SouthSearch
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providing the narrowest grounds of decision among the Justices whose votes were necessary to the judgment. Cf. Marks v. UnitedSearch
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Simmons v. SouthSearch
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U. S. 992 (1983), and Caldwell v. MississippiSearch
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eligibility, was silence. Teague asks state-court judges to judge reasonably, not presciently. See Stringer v. BlackSearch
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By 1988, no state or federal court had adopted the rule of Simmons. In fact, both before and after Skipper v. SouthSearch
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challenge practices similar, if not identical, to that later forbidden in Simmons. See, e. g., Turner v. BassSearch
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F.2d 342 , 354 (CA4 1985), rev'd on other grounds sub nom. Turner v. MurraySearch
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O'Bryan v. EstelleSearch
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F.2d 365 , 389 (CA5 1983), cert. denied sub nom. O'Bryan v. McKaskleSearch
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Peterson v. MurraySearch
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Knox v. CollinsSearch
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see also Turner v. CommonwealthSearch
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Mueller v. CommonwealthSearch
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along with the Fourth Circuit in this case, concluded that the rule of Simmons was new. See, e. g., Johnson v. ScottSearch
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F.3d 106 , 111-112, n. 11 (CA5 1995), cert. denied sub nom. Johnson v. JohnsonSearch
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