Smith v. Lockhart

Smith v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

Smith v. Lockhart, 498 U.S. 1101 (1991)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: February 19, 1991
Docket: No. 90-6577
Citations: 498 U.S. 1101111 S. Ct. 999112 L. Ed. 2d 108259 U.S.L.W. 35631991 U.S. LEXIS 858

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 3 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(when invited, a prosecutor may refer to an accused’s failure to testify)

Szmalec v. State, 927 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1996)
(sufficient “use” if firearm’s presence is for protection and facilitates success)

Rich v. State, 611 A.2d 1034 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1992)
(plausible to inquire into post-arrest silence)

Garza v. State, 878 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App.—Edinburg-Corpus Christi 1994)

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King v. State953 S.W.2d 266 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997)
United States v. Buck Williams, United States of America v. Charles J. McNeal977 F.2d 866 (4th Cir. 1992)
United States v. Stanford Smith9 F.3d 1007 (2d Cir. 1993)
Bennett v. State831 S.W.2d 20 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1992)
United States v. Curtis934 F.2d 553 (4th Cir. 1991)
Ex Parte Mowbray943 S.W.2d 461 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996)

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Garza v. Attorney General166 S.W.3d 799 (Tex. App.—Edinburg-Corpus Christi 2005)
In re the Marriage of Misty Jean Hammit and Kenneth Britt Hammit and in the Interest of Kenneth Dakota Hammit, Haley Elizabeth Hammit and Tori Anne Hammit, ChildrenNo. 07-03-00334-CV (Tex. App.—Amarillo Aug. 19, 2003)
Michelle Andrew v. StateNo. 07-01-00465-CR (Tex. App.—Amarillo Dec. 9, 2002)

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