Battle v. Sutton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• quoting, Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2789, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979) (emphasis in original)
• aggravating circumstance where victim is law enforcement officer killed in performance of duties
• in assessing counsel’s performance, court may consider the fact that counsel felt that particular jury would respond more favorably to emotional appeal rather than complicated medical proof
• legislature intended to subscribe to purpose of proportionality review as articulated in Gregg and Proffitt
• violation of Provence rule not fatal where no mitigating circumstances
• violation of Provence rule not fatal where no mitigating circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).