Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

McDougall v. North Carolina

464 U.S. 865

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1983-10-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • recognizing that "the exercise of discretion ... will be judged by the amount of time the jury deliberates in light of the nature of the case and the evidence"
  • affirming trial court's capacity determination made in off-the-record conference with parties without conducting contradictory hearing
  • regarding "presumption of regularity”, i.e., state courts presumably follow their own law and procedures
  • defendant kidnapped and attacked victim and her roommate, ultimately stabbing victim twenty-two times with a butcher knife
  • process of weighing circumstances is a matter for judge and jury and is not susceptible to proof by either party
  • fact that defendant's attorney did not object suggests no prejudice and thus no plain error
  • state was entitled to recall officer who took defendant’s confession to rebut allegations of improper acts
  • accountant murdered during armed robbery of store; defendant had prior convictions for armed robbery, two of which occurred within three weeks of the capital murder

Citator

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Authority status
pending
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Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-2105, 308 N. C. 1, 301 S. E. 2d 308; No. 82-6697, 278 Ark. 305, 645 S. W. 2d 680; No. 82-6733, 428 So. 2d 649; No. 82-6741, 278 Ark. 211, 645 S. W. 2d 662; No. 82-6771, 490 A. 2d 104; No. 82-6852, 250 Ga. 630, 300 S. E. 2d 640; No. 82-6865, 426 So. 2d 533; No. 82-6870, 135 Ariz. 404, 661 P. 2d 1105; No. 82-6876, 94 Ill. 2d 437, 447 N. E. 2d 247; No. 82-6881, 94 Ill. 2d 378, 447 N. E. 2d 218; No. 82-6915, 696 F. 2d 1154 and 705 F. 2d 121; No. 82-6916, 431 So. 2d 563; No. 82-6922, 658 S. W. 2d 162; No. 82-6923, 696 F. 2d 804; No. 82-6933, 431 So. 2d 1101; No. 82-6937, 429 So. 2d 293; No. 82-6982, 426 So. 2d 118; No. 82-6990, 225 Va. 289, 302 S. E. 2d 520; No. 83-5051, *866 308 N. C. 47, 301 S. E. 2d 335; No. 83-5095, 251 Ga. 113, 303 S. E. 2d 266; No. 83-5145, 429 So. 2d 287; No. 83-5183, 665 P. 2d 1186; No. 83-5227, 136 Ariz. 250, 665 P. 2d 972.