Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
McKenna v. Nevada
McKenna v. Nev., 474 U.S. 1093 (1986)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-01-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- explaining that requiring a jury to find a mitigating factor as a matter of law "would obliterate the jury's discretion under the provision and jettison the clear legislative intent"
- stating, “It is a fundamental rule of appellate procedure that a reviewing court will not reverse upon rulings on evidence where the ruling did not result in prejudice to the complaining party.”
- “It is a fundamental rule of appellate procedure that a reviewing court will not reverse upon rulings on evidence where the ruling did not result in prejudice to the complaining party.”
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 153 opinions
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Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-5678, 101 Nev. 338, 705 P. 2d 614; No. 85-5727, 303 Md. 487, 495 A. 2d 1; No. 85-5831, 473 So. 2d 1282; No. 85-5882, 474 So. 2d 777; No. 85-5926, 286 S. C. 441, 334 S. E. 2d 813; No. 85-5930, 473 So. 2d 672.