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McDonald v. Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
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Opinion
132 L. Ed. 2d 260 · Supreme Court of the United States · May 30, 1995
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McDonald v. Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Opinions in this case
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Apr 4, 2018
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Apr 4, 2018
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Sep 13, 2017
Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo) · Jan 7, 2015
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Aug 27, 2014
Louisiana Court of Appeal · May 14, 2014
Louisiana Court of Appeal · May 14, 2014
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Mar 5, 2014
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recognizing that defendant’s drawing had “an inferential bearing 7 on his character for violence, which relates in turn to the question of future dangerousness”
holding that unadjudicated offenses may be introduced during capital sentencing
defendant, convicted of capital murder in the course of aggravated sexual assault and burglary, threw woman up against a wall and tried to kiss her after she rebuffed his sexual advances
prosecutor' s characterization of defendant as " beast" did not warrant reversal, "[ a] lthough prosecutors ought to refrain from [ making such] characterizations"
prosecutor' s comment alluding to suffering of victim and victim' s family did not appeal to passion or prejudice, as it was based on evidence presented at trial