Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Bottoson v. Florida
83 L. Ed. 2d 156
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-10-01
- Topic
- general
during a shoot out with police, the defendant killed one officer, wounded a second, and narrowly missed a third | requiring proof of criminal conviction to rebut analogous mitigating factor under Alabama statute | during a shoot out with police, the defendant killed one officer, wounded a second, and narrowly missed a third | upholding judge’s use of pre-allocution prepared statement in death penalty case | juror is competent if he can lay aside any bias or prejudice and render verdict solely on the evidence presented and the court's instructions | "[t]he Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel does not require counsel to raise every objection without regard to its merits" | victim was raped, strangled, stabbed in the neck and shot twice; Court specifically notes victim's intense mental, as well as physical, pain during the ordeal | defendant engaged in shoot-out with police, killing one officer, wounding a second, and missing a third | defendant engaged in shoot-out with police, killing one officer, wounding a second, and missing a third | “[t]he Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel does not require counsel to raise every objection without regard to its merits” | contention that accomplice's sentence of 25 years' imprisonment pursuant to plea bargain rendered defendant's sentence to death disproportionate "lacks merit" | court rejected petitioner’s argument that refusal to sign waiver constituted assertion of right to counsel | unsigned affidavit of witness of no value no assurance that she would testify | unsigned affidavit of witness of no value — no assurance that she would testify | Sykes bar applies if issue not raised on direct appeal in state court | Sykes bar applies if issue not raised on direct appeal in state court | defendant strangled an 81-year-old woman in her home during an aggravated rape | victim was raped, strangled, stabbed in the neck and shot twice | abduction, stabbing fourteen times, and run over with a car | abduction, stabbing fourteen times, and run over with a car | victim was raped, strangled, stabbed in the neck and shot twice | gap between the offense and the lineup was barely one month | general claims of ineffectiveness in a capital case | general claims of ineffectiveness in a capital case | victim kidnapped and raped, then shot to death | as to capital murder of Moore | as to capital murder of Moore | as to capital murder of Moore | as to capital murder of Moore
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Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6555, 443 So. 2d 962; No. 83-6580, 720 F. 2d 839; No. 83-6623, 662 S. W. 2d 854; No. 83-6660, 443 So. 2d 1091; No. 83-6690, 666 S. W. 2d 41; No. 83-6694, 445 So. 2d 1203; No. 83-6699, 445 So. 2d 326; No. 83-6708, 720 F. 2d 1108; No. 83-6740, 299 Md. 88, 472 A. 2d 953; No. 83-6748, 667 S. W. 2d 44; No. 83-6763, 216 Neb. 515, 344 N. W. 2d 469; No. 83-6802, 216 Neb. 521, 344 N. W. 2d 473; No. 83-6806, 665 S. W. 2d 325; No. 83-6811, 101 Ill. 2d 147, 461 N. E. 2d 415;