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  • Bosse v. Oklahoma

    Bosse v. Oklahoma0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations In Booth v. Maryland (1987), the Supreme Court held that “the Eighth Amendment prohibits a capital sentencing jury from considering victim impact evidence” that does not “relate directly to the circumstances of the crime.” In Payne (1991), the Court held that Booth was wrong to conclude that the Eighth Amendment

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  • Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

    Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Annotation Primary Holding   There was no holding because an eight-member court was equally divided on the issue, allowing the decision of the lower court to stand.  

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  • United States v. Texas0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations An equally divided Court affirmed, by per curiam opinion, the judgment of the appeals court below. That court had temporarily halted implementation of the federal government’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (“DAPA”) on the grounds that the policy likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

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  • Utah v. Strieff0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Detective Fackrell conducted surveillance on a South Salt Lake City residence based on an anonymous tip about drug dealing. The number of people he observed making brief visits during the week made him suspect drug activity. After seeing Strieff leave the residence, Fackrell detained Strieff at a nearby parking lot,

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  • Taylor v. United States

    Taylor v. United States0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Taylor and other gang members twice broke into homes of marijuana dealers, demanded drugs and money, found neither, and left relatively empty handed. At Taylor’s retrial on Hobbs Act charges of affecting commerce or attempting to do so through robbery, the court excluded Taylor’s evidence that he targeted dealers selling

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  • Voisine v. United States0

    Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Congress extended the federal prohibition on firearms possession by convicted felons to persons convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,” 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9), defining that phrase to include a misdemeanor under federal, state, or tribal law, committed against a domestic relation that necessarily involves the “use . . .

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