Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Tichnell v. Maryland
Tichnell v. Md., 466 U.S. 993 (1984)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1984-05-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- aggravating circumstance where victim is law enforcement officer killed in performance of duties
- in assessing counsel’s performance, court may consider the fact that counsel felt that particular jury would respond more favorably to emotional appeal rather than complicated medical proof
- legislature intended to subscribe to purpose of proportionality review as articulated in Gregg and Proffitt
- violation of Provence rule not fatal where no mitigating circumstances
- Art. 23 does not apply to a capital sentencing proceeding
- videotape, audio tape, independent expert witness
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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 83-6346, 297 Md. 432, 468 A. 2d 1 (first case), 297 Md. 563, 468 A. 2d 45 (second case); No. 83-6430, 721 F. 2d 990; No. 83-6459, 444 So. 2d 400; No. 83-6527, 443 So. 2d 546; No. 83-6568, 661 S. W. 2d 487; No. 83-6583, 707 F. 2d 1339.