Ronald Turney Williams v. Terry L. Stewart, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a defendant who did not rely on an insanity defense, had been found competent, and failed to exhibit \bizarre\ or \psychotic\ behavior failed to put his mental state at issue
• holding that a defendant who did not rely on an insanity defense, had been found competent, and failed to exhibit “bizarre” or “psychotic” behavior failed to put his mental state at issue
• stating that a sentencing court does not violate Eddings where it is clear that “the sentencing court considered all relevant mitigating evidence that was offered”
• stating that a sentencing court does not violate Eddings where it is clear that “the sentencing court considered all relevant mitigating evidence that was offered”
• finding that district court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion for continuance where petitioner did “not demonstrate[] that he suffered prejudice as a result of the failure to grant the continuance”
• “Once mitigating evidence is allowed in, a finding that there are ‘no mitigating circumstances’ does not violate the Constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).