Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Bucklew v. Luebbers

549 U.S. 1079

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2006-12-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • finding similar contention trial court's exclusion of evidence violated constitutional right to present meaningful defense not preserved for appellate review when offer of proof not made
  • applying the abuse of discretion standard to review of a factually similar circumstance
  • for evidence to be admissible under OEC 404(3), its logical relevance must not depend on “an inference relating to the defendant’s character or propensities”
  • defendant’s complaints about counsel did not necessitate substitution of counsel because they concerned strategic decisions that were counsel’s to make
  • setting not compelling, partly because defendant exercised control over interrogation
  • “[I]f evidence of prior crimes is to be admitted to prove identity based on modus operandi, the trial court must find a very high degree of similarity between the charged and uncharged crimes, as well as a methodology that is highly distinctive.”

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Cited by
40 opinions
(2006)

RUSSELL BUCKLEW
v.
FARMINGTON LUEBBERS, SUPT.

No. 06-6054

Supreme Court of United States.

December 4, 2006.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.