Peralta v. United States

Peralta v. United States, 502 U.S. 986 (1991)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: December 2, 1991
Docket: No. 91-5971
Citations: 502 U.S. 986112 S. Ct. 597116 L. Ed. 2d 62160 U.S.L.W. 34041991 U.S. LEXIS 7032

Cited by 17 5 descriptions by later courts

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 5 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that “[t]he state may properly argue that the defense has failed to establish a mitigating factor and may also argue that the jury should not be swayed by sympathy”)

Lusk v. Singletary, 965 F.2d 946 (11th Cir. 1992)
(not error to refuse to give merger instruction where trial court merged aggravating factors into one)

Jackson v. State, 648 So. 2d 85 (Fla. 1994)
(interpreting identical language in former Indiana Code § 35-38-2-2(c))

Shaffer v. State, 755 N.E.2d 1193 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
(juror had apparent difficulty reading the jury questionnaire)

Alen v. State, 596 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

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Jackson v. State648 So. 2d 85 (Fla. 1994)
Jackson v. State704 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1997)
United States v. Calle796 F. Supp. 853 (D. Maryland 1992)
Bonifay v. State680 So. 2d 413 (Fla. 1996)
Valle v. Singer655 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2011)
Koo v. State640 N.E.2d 95 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994)

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Valle v. Singer655 F.3d 1223 (11th Cir. 2011)
Manuel Valle v. Secretary for the DOC478 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2006)
Valle v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections459 F.3d 1206 (11th Cir. 2006)
Shaffer v. State755 N.E.2d 1193 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
Jackson v. State704 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 1997)
Hardwick v. State683 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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