Lem David Tuggle v. J.D. Netherland, Warden

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• applying harmless error analysis to Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 (1985), error in capital sentencing proceeding in a non-weighing state
• observing that in the context of an error during the penalty phase of a capital case, this means showing that the error had a “‘substantial and injurious effect or influence’ . . . on the jury’s decision to sentence [the defendant] to death”
• describing the Ake right as arising when the prosecution first presents psychiatric testimony
• describing the Ake right as arising when the prosecution first presents psychiatric testimony
• applying Brecht harmless error stan- dard to Ake errors
• Brecht's harmless error standard applies in federal habeas cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).