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Lambrix Vs. Singletary

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 12, 1997

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  9. U.S. 518 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Lambrix V. Singletary
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  10. rejected all of his claims. While his appeal was pending before the Eleventh Circuit, this Court decided in Espinosa v. Florida
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  11. which cannot be applied retroactively on federal habeas under Teague v. Lane
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  12. a claim of Teague bar has not previously been presented, the Court's opinions-most particularly, Coleman v. Thompson
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  13. that Espinosa, supra, at 1082, cited only a single case in support of its central conclusion, Baldwin v. Alabama
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  14. in circumstances not present in that case. The decisions relied on most heavily by Lambrix-Godfrey v. Georgia
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  15. and Clemons v. Mississippi
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  16. in Espinosa. Rather, a close examination of the Florida death penalty scheme, in light of cases such as Proffitt v. Florida
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  17. and Spaziano v. Florida
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  18. became final could have reached a result different from Espinosa. That conclusion is confirmed by Walton v. Arizona
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  19. as a per curiam without oral argument is insignificant, since the decision followed by just three weeks Sochor v. Florida
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  20. nor prohibits the imposition of capital punishment on a particular 520 class of persons. E. g., Saffle v. Parks
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  21. implicating the criminal proceeding's fundamental fairness and accuracy-applies to Espinosa errors, and Sawyer v. Smith
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  22. certiorari in this case to consider whether a prisoner whose conviction became final before our decision in Espinosa v. Florida
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  23. as defined in Teague v. Lane
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  24. on both counts. Lambrix's conviction and sentence were upheld on direct appeal by the Florida Supreme Court. Lambrix v. State
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  25. So. 2d 1143 (1986). After the Florida courts denied his repeated efforts to obtain collateral relief, Lambrix v. Dugger
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  26. Lambrix v. State
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  27. While Lambrix's appeal was pending before the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, this Court decided Espinosa v. Florida
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  28. s Espinosa claim without considering its merits on the ground that the claim was procedurally barred. Lambrix v. Singletary
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  29. that Espinosa announced a new rule which cannot be applied retroactively on federal habeas under Teague v. Lane
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  30. Brief for Respondent 30, citing Chandler v. Dugger
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  31. So. 2d 1066, 1069 (Fla. 1994), Jackson v. Dugger
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  32. So. 2d 1051, 1055 (Fla. 1993), and Henderson v. Singletary
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  33. So. 2d 313 (Fla.), cert. denied, 507 U. S. 1047 (1993). In Coleman v. Thompson
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  34. See also Harris v. Reed
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  35. is sufficient to sustain the decree, any opinion of this Court on the federal question would be purely advisory. Herb v. Pitcairn
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  36. see also Sochor v. Florida
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  37. see also Wainwright v. Sykes
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  38. U. S. 72 ,81,82 (1977), discussing Brown v. Allen
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  39. Penry v. Lynaugh
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  40. Gaspari v. Bohlen
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  41. infra), the Teague inquiry requires a detailed analysis of federal constitutional law. See, e. g., Sawyer v. Smith
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  42. are more familiar than we with the procedural practices of the States in which they regularly sit, see, e. g., Rummel v. Estelle
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  43. County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen
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  44. in the trial court's determination, Tedder v. State
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  45. So. 2d 908, 910 (Fla. 1975), but the court has an independent obligation to determine the appropriate punishment, Ross v. State
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  46. appeal, the Florida Supreme Court agreed with the trial court's findings as to the aggravating circumstances. Lambrix v. State
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  47. present case) that the trial court's independent weighing did not cure this error. Prior to our opinion in Espinosa v. Florida
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  48. in a three-step process. First, it determines the date upon which the defendant's conviction became final. See Caspari v. Bohlen
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  49. the legal landscape as it then existed,' Graham v. Collins
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  50. seeks was required by the Constitution,' Saffle v. Parks
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