Amadeo v. Zant

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder's choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous
• holding that where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous
• stating that an appellate court must give due regard to the trial judge's opportunity to judge the credibility of witnesses
• stating that an appellate court must give due regard to the trial judge's opportunity to judge the credibility of witnesses
• explaining that a finding is not clearly erroneous if there are “two permissible views of the evidence”
• assuming that the cause and prejudice standard applies to a defendant’s failure to challenge the constitutionality of “the juries that indicted him, convicted him, and sentenced him to death.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).