Buck v. Davis |
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Argued October 5, 2016 Decided February 22, 2017 |
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Full case name |
Buck v. Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
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Docket nos. |
15–8049 |
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Citations |
580 U.S. ___ (more) |
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Prior history |
Buck v. Stephens, 623 Fed. Appx. 668 (5th Cir. 2015) |
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Procedural history |
On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
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Court membership |
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- Chief Justice
- John Roberts
- Associate Justices
- Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
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Case opinions |
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Majority |
Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Dissent |
Thomas, joined by Alito |
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Laws applied |
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U.S. Const. amend. VI |
Buck v. Davis, 580 U.S. ___ (2017), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of a defendant after the defendant's attorney introduced evidence that suggested the defendant would be more likely to commit violent acts in the future because he was black.[1]
Opinion of the Court
In a 6-2 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court held that the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington.[2][3] Chief Justice Roberts' ruling rejected the District Court's argument that the discussion of race at trial was de minimis and therefore not prejudicial.[4] Rather, Chief Justice Roberts wrote: "when a jury hears expert testimony that expressly makes a defendant’s race directly pertinent on the question of life or death, the impact of that evidence cannot be measured simply by how much air time it received at trial or how many pages it occupies in the record. Some toxins can be deadly in small doses."[5]
External links
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- Beavers v. Haubert (1905)
- United States v. Provoo (1955)
- Pollard v. United States (1957)
- United States v. Ewell (1966)
- Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967)
- Smith v. Hooey (1969)
- Dickey v. Florida (1970)
- United States v. Marion (1971)
- Barker v. Wingo (1972)
- Strunk v. United States (1973)
- United States v. Lovasco (1977)
- United States v. MacDonald (1982)
- United States v. Loud Hawk (1986)
- Doggett v. United States (1992)
- Vermont v. Brillon (2009)
- Betterman v. Montana (2016)
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Impartial Jury Clause |
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Availability |
- Callan v. Wilson (1888)
- Natal v. State (1891)
- Schick v. United States (1904)
- District of Columbia v. Colts (1930)
- District of Columbia v. Clawans (1937)
- United States v. Barnett (1964)
- Cheff v. Schnackenberg (1966)
- Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
- Bloom v. Illinois (1968)
- DeStefano v. Woods (1968)
- Frank v. United States (1969)
- Baldwin v. New York (1970)
- Mayberry v. Pennsylvania (1971)
- Taylor v. Haynes (1974)
- Codispoti v. Pennsylvania (1974)
- Blanton v. North Las Vegas (1989)
- United States v. Nachtigal (1993)
- Lewis v. United States (1996)
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Impartiality | |
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Facts found | |
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Size and unanimity | |
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Vicinage Clause | |
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Impeachment of verdicts | |
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Information Clause |
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- Twitchell v. Pennsylvania (1868)
- Cole v. Arkansas (1948)
- Russell v. United States (1962)
- Rabe v. Washington (1972)
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Out-of-court statements | |
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Face-to-face confrontation |
- Snyder v. Massachusetts (1934)
- Kentucky v. Stincer (1987)
- Coy v. Iowa (1988)
- Maryland v. Craig (1990)
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Restrictions on cross-examination |
- Douglas v. Alabama (1965)
- McCray v. Illinois (1967)
- Smith v. Illinois (1968)
- Chambers v. Mississippi (1973)
- Davis v. Alaska (1974)
- Delaware v. Fensterer (1985)
- Delaware v. Van Arsdall (1986)
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Right to present relevant evidence |
- Cooper v. California (1967)
- McCray v. Illinois (1967)
- Pennsylvania v. Ritchie (1987)
- Olden v. Kentucky (1988)
- Michigan v. Lucas (1991)
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Choice |
- Chandler v. Fretag (1954)
- Morris v. Slappy (1983)
- Wheat v. United States (1988)
- Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States (1989)
- United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez (2006)
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Appointment | |
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Constructive denial |
- Avery v. Alabama (1940)
- Ferguson v. Georgia (1961)
- Brooks v. Tennessee (1972)
- Herring v. New York (1975)
- Geders v. United States (1976)
- Perry v. Leeke (1989)
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Conflict-free |
- Glasser v. United States (1942)
- Dukes v. Warden (1972)
- Holloway v. Arkansas (1978)
- Cuyler v. Sullivan (1980)
- Burger v. Kemp (1987)
- Wheat v. United States (1988)
- Mickens v. Taylor (2002)
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Ineffective assistance | |
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Uncounseled statements | |
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Pro se representation | |
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