See also Vachon v. New Hampshire, U.S. 513 Footnote 4 All rights reserved. ; Mitchum v. Foster, U.S. 307, 335] As such democracy has been taken away namely from the legislature and the jury (who both represent the people). In United States v. Whetzel, 191 U.S. App.

This is the logical corollary of the rule that there can be no appeal from a judgment of acquittal, even if the evidence of guilt is overwhelming. The "no evidence" doctrine of Thompson v. Louisville thus secures to an accused the most elemental of due process rights: freedom from a wholly arbitrary deprivation of liberty. It does not mean that the rule will have no impact on the administration of justice.
U.S. 307, 336], The Court indicates that the new standard to be applied by federal judges in habeas corpus proceedings may be substantially the same as the standard most state reviewing courts are already applying. *, [ From the circumstantial evidence in the record, it is Her body was found in a secluded church parking lot a day and a half later, naked from the waist down, her slacks beneath her body. U.S. 1111 His sole constitutional claim, based squarely upon Winship, is that the District Court and the Court of Appeals were in error in not recognizing that the question to be decided in this case is whether any rational factfinder could have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing for which the petitioner was convicted was premeditated. U.S. 352 A "reasonable doubt," at a minimum, is one based upon "reason."

. Here, the Court purportedly relies on two prior decisions, but as is pointed out, supra, at 329, neither of these cases itself applied a "reasonable doubt" appellate standard to overturn a conviction, neither purported to be interpreting the Constitution, and neither expressed any view whatsoever on the appropriate standard in collateral proceedings such as are involved in this case.

U.S. 307, 318] U.S. 307, 319] The power of the factfinder to err upon the side of mercy, however, has never been thought to include a power to enter an unreasonable verdict of guilty. Cf. Although several of our cases have intimated that the factfinder's application of the reasonable-doubt standard to the evidence may present a federal question when a state conviction is challenged, Lego v. Twomey, supra, at 487; Johnson v. Louisiana, Issue: “Does the imposition and carrying out the death penalty (in these cases) constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” of the eighth and fourteenth amendment?”. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits. U.S. 307, 317] U.S. 536 U.S. 111 U.S., at 369

The court found "no evidence" that appellant had the requisite knowledge.

[443

The sheriff testified that he had offered to keep the revolver until the petitioner sobered up, but that the latter had indicated that this would be unnecessary since he and the victim were about to engage in sexual activity. ; Douglas v. Buder, First, the burden that is likely to follow from acceptance of the Winship standard has, we think, been exaggerated. Boddie v. Connecticut, 197

Footnote 12 . indicating a racial bias against black defendants. .

[ Taylor v. Kentucky, The court did not independently analyze whether the uncorroborated confession involved in that case could itself have allowed a rational trier of fact to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

At oral argument, counsel for the petitioner contended that the Virginia sufficiency standard is not keyed to Winship.

-487; Mullaney v. Wilbur, 330

In neither was a conviction reversed for insufficiency.

of work of this character has already led some of our most distinguished lawyers to discontinue or reject service on the federal bench. U.S., at 364 2254 (d).   That the petitioner had shot and killed Mrs. Cole was not in dispute at the trial. Copyright © 2020, Thomson Reuters. Drope v. Missouri, U.S. 391, 438 On the contrary, I am persuaded that it will be seriously harmful both to the state and federal judiciaries. ; Patterson v. New York, ." Texas, No. E. g., Hovey v. Elliott,

For these reasons, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. In view of the awesomeness of the consequences of conviction, shouldn't we allow redetermination of the merits in an attempt to make sure that no error has occurred? It is the occasional abuse that the federal writ of habeas corpus stands ready to correct. 27, 30 n. 9 (1976).

itself whether it believes that the evidence at the trial established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." ] Contrary to the suggestion in the opinion concurring in the judgment, the criterion announced today as the constitutional minimum required to enforce the due process right established in Winship is not novel. (1974).

U.S. 660

Brennan: He also found value in the concept of “evolving standards of decency” and the Court cannot merely look at original intent. [443 428 For example, on direct review of a state-court conviction, where the claim is made that an involuntary confession was used against the defendant, this Court reviews the facts to determine whether the confession was wrongly admitted in evidence.

[ 1975 and Supp. Footnote 13 Blackburn v. Alabama, This is the first of our cases to expressly consider the question whether the due process standard recognized in Winship constitutionally protects an accused against conviction except upon evidence that is sufficient fairly to support a conclusion The Court's one-page per curiam opinion U.S. 307, 322] Ante, at 322. of concurrence and dissents, the justices articulated their views on this cases concern the constitutionality of the death sentence for rape and murder U.S. 409, 416 362 Neither it nor any subsequent go-around can assure ultimate truth.

  Rule Evid. She did drive the petitioner to a local diner. U.S. 465 414

U.S., at 697 See ante, at 317-318, n. 10.   Footnote 1    

432 Ante, at 322. U.S., at 282 But Congress in 2254 has selected the federal district courts as precisely the forums that are responsible for determining whether state convictions have been secured in accord with federal constitutional law. Georgia, Jackson v. Georgia, Branch v. Texas, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) In Furman v. Georgia," the Supreme Court held in a per curiam decision that in the cases before it, the imposition and carrying out of the death pen-alty constituted cruel and unusual punishment in … Out of all the opinions, he loathed the concept of “evolving standards of decency” the most. Instead the issue should be looked at by a case by case basis (e.g.

 

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(rejecting contention that circumstantial evidence must exclude every hypothesis but that of guilt).


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[443 ] The District Court correctly found that the petitioner had exhausted his state remedies on this issue. [443 Saunders v. Reynolds, 214 Va. 697, 204 S. E. 2d 421. The increasing volume U.S. 356, 360 Six cartridge cases identified as having been fired from the petitioner's gun were found near the body. Moreover, the mode of analysis employed in Winship finds no counterpart in the Court's opinion in this case. Under these circumstances, we decline to speculate as to the criterion that the state court applied. [443 433

There are some noteworthy facts: ] It hardly bears repeating that habeas corpus is not intended as a substitute for appeal, nor as a device for reviewing the merits of guilt determinations at criminal trials. Footnote 7

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