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16 Jan 2015, 9:27 am by Rory Little
Smith; and that (3) his attorney had ineffectively argued in closing that “I feel like I ought to just sit down,” because if the jury chose a death sentence, “I can’t quarrel with that” – referred to as a “Spisak error” after the Court’s opinion in Smith v. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 8:10 am by Kent Scheidegger
  The Supreme Court itself took a limited view of Mills in Smith v. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 3:18 pm by Kiera Flynn
Spisak, in which the Supreme Court held that Mills v. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 6:06 am by Marissa Miller
Spisak, in which the Supreme Court held that Mills v. [read post]
2 May 2011, 3:06 pm by Christine Dowling
Mitts reversed the Sixth Circuit and rejected an Ohio death row inmate's challenge to "virtually the same" penalty phase jury instructions considered and upheld last term in Smith v. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 8:25 pm by Christa Culver
Spisak (2010); and (2) whether clearly established federal law extends the holding of Beck v. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 7:01 am by zshapiro
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction but sent the reversal of the death penalty back to the Third Circuit ordering it to reconsider the reversal in light of the recent Supreme Court case, Smith v. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 12:13 pm by John Elwood
Spisak (2010); and (2) whether clearly established federal law extends the holding of Beck v. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 9:06 am by Kent Scheidegger
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, having been told by the Supreme Court to reconsider the Abu-Jamal case in light of Smith v. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 4:26 pm by Christa Culver
Spisak (2010); and (2) whether clearly established federal law extends the holding of Beck v. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 6:21 am by Kiran Bhat
Spisak (2010); and (2) whether clearly established federal law extends the holding of Beck v. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 9:38 am by Jeff Gamso
  He's crazy as a bedbug, and clearly was at the time of the killings and the time of the trial.None of those things mattered because the legal standards as they've developed (in part at the Supreme Court in Smith v. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 10:13 am by CJLF Staff
  The court will revisit the issue, however, in light of this year's SCOTUS case Smith v. [read post]