Estelle v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1981-05-18

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Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to consider whether the prosecution’s use of psychiatric testimony at the sentencing phase of respondent’s capital murder trial to establish his future dangerousness violated his constitutional rights. 445 U. S. 926 (1980). I <p id…

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