Hitchcock v. Dugger, No. 85-6756
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | SCALIA |
| Citation | 107 S.Ct. 1821,95 L.Ed.2d 347,481 U.S. 393 |
| Parties | James Ernest HITCHCOCK, Petitioner v. Richard L. DUGGER, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
| Docket Number | No. 85-6756 |
| Decision Date | 22 April 1987 |
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549 practice notes
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Williams v. Anderson, No. 3:99CV0570.
...denied him due process by precluding the court from considering additional mitigating evidence, as mandated by Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987), Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104, 102 S.Ct. 869, 71 L.Ed.2d 1 (1982), and Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, ......
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Williams v. Chrans, No. 87 C 02084.
...(1984). As to Williams' usefulness for scientific research, its exclusion was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Cf. Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 399, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 1824, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987); Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 1669, 1673, 90 L.Ed.2d 1 I. Denial of W......
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Nelson v. Sec'y, Case No: 2:11-cv-327-Ftm-29CM
...of substance abuse, and found no merit in this claim. Petitioner argues that the Florida Supreme Court erred under Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 394 (1987); Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1, 2 (1986), and Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982). Specifically, he asserts that "the......
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Osborn v. Shillinger, No. 86-2175
...is not permitted to draw such a line is the clearest principle in modern death penalty jurisprudence. See, e.g., Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 1824, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987) (unanimously holding that sentencer cannot be precluded from hearing or cannot refuse to consider a......
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Williams v. Anderson, No. 3:99CV0570.
...denied him due process by precluding the court from considering additional mitigating evidence, as mandated by Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987), Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104, 102 S.Ct. 869, 71 L.Ed.2d 1 (1982), and Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, ......
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Williams v. Chrans, No. 87 C 02084.
...(1984). As to Williams' usefulness for scientific research, its exclusion was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Cf. Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 399, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 1824, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987); Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 1669, 1673, 90 L.Ed.2d 1 I. Denial of W......
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Nelson v. Sec'y, Case No: 2:11-cv-327-Ftm-29CM
...of substance abuse, and found no merit in this claim. Petitioner argues that the Florida Supreme Court erred under Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 394 (1987); Skipper v. South Carolina, 476 U.S. 1, 2 (1986), and Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982). Specifically, he asserts that "the......
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Osborn v. Shillinger, No. 86-2175
...is not permitted to draw such a line is the clearest principle in modern death penalty jurisprudence. See, e.g., Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 1824, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987) (unanimously holding that sentencer cannot be precluded from hearing or cannot refuse to consider a......
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2 books & journal articles
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Institutionalizing the Culture of Control
...v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993)Hildwin v. Florida, 490 U.S. 638 (1989)Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573 (2006)Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393 (1987)Holland v. Florida, 130 S. Ct. 2549 (2010)Holmes v. South Carolina, 547 U.S. 319 (2006)Hopkins v. Reeves, 524 U.S. 88 (1998)Hopper v. Evans, 45......
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Proportionality and parole.
...to only three specified factors. See 438 U.S. at 607 (citing OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 2929.04(B) (West 1975)). (105) Hitchcock v. Dugger, 481 U.S. 393, 397 (106) Eddings, 455 U.S. at 115-16. (107) Hitchcock, 481 U.S. at 397. (108) Penryv. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302, 340 (1989). (109) McKoy v. North......