Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Mitchell v. Pennsylvania

127 S. Ct. 1126

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2007-01-16
Topic
general

reaching unpreserved claims of error in form of judgment despite argument that death sentence would render issue moot | stating: “A stipulation is a declaration that the fact agreed upon is proven[, and a] valid stipulation must be enforced according to its terms” | failure of the General Assembly to change the law which has been interpreted by courts creates presumption that interpretation was in accordance with legislative intent | failure of the General Assembly to change the law which has been interpreted by courts creates presumption that interpretation was in accordance with legislative intent | when a sin- gle offer of proof contains both admissible and inadmissi- ble evidence, it is not error to reject the entire offer | “[W]hen a single offer of proof contains admissible and inadmissible evidence, the trial court does not err if it rejects the entire offer.” | “[W]hen a single offer of proof contains admissible and inadmissible evidence, the trial court does not err if it rejects the entire offer.” | “A stipulation is a declaration that the fact agreed upon is proven, and a valid stipulation must be enforced according to its terms.” | exposure of the defendant’s tattoos to be photographed did not raise an issue of self-incrimination | “This court long has held that, when a single offer of proof contains admissible and inadmissible evidence, the trial court does not err if it rejects the entire offer.” | “This court long has held that, when a single offer of proof contains admissible and inadmissible evidence, the trial court does not err if it rejects the entire offer.” | no right to have counsel present for photographing of defendant’s tattoos | describing evidence underlying Tiner’s aggravated murder conviction | describing evidence underlying Tiner’s aggra- vated murder conviction

Citator

Cited by
28 opinions
127 S.Ct. 1126 (2007)

Wayne Cordell MITCHELL, petitioner,
v.
PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 06-7614.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 16, 2007.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District, denied.