Sawyer v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1990-08-30

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Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court. We must decide in this case whether a prisoner whose murder conviction became final before our decision in Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U. S. 320 (1985), is entitled to use that d…

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