Clark v. Tansy

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when a habeas petitioner in a criminal case can show that there has been an intervening change of law, relitigation of an issue decided adversely on direct appeal is not barred
• holding that when a habeas petitioner in a criminal case can show that there has been an intervening change of law, relitigation of an issue decided adversely on direct appeal is not barred
• holding future dangerousness appropriate for consideration by capital sentencing juries as long as the defendant is given an opportunity for rebuttal
• determining that when death sentence is vacated, a proportionality review must wait until the event that the death penalty is imposed on remand
• holding future dangerousness appropriate for consideration by capital sentencing juries as long as the defendant is given an opportunity for rebuttal
• determining that when death sentence is vacated, a proportionality review must wait until the event that the death penalty is imposed on remand

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