528 U.S. 990
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 1999
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1999-11-08
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“It seems appropriate to emphasize that the denial of these petitions for certiorari does not constitute a ruling on the merits.”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 824 So. 2d 115 - Bottoson v. Moore
Relies on Barber v. Tennessee · State v. Moore · 721 So. 2d 287 - State v. Thompson
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1999-11-08
Cited by 123 later decisions (22 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably Ring v. Arizona (2002), Baze v. Rees (2008)
33 federal appellate · 6 district · 39 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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¶1Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
¶2Sup. Ct. Neb. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 98-9741, 721 So. 2d 287; No. 99-5291, 256 Neb. 553, 591 N.W. 2d 86.
¶3Opinion of Justice Stevens respecting the denial of the petitions for writ of certiorari.
¶4It seems appropriate to emphasize that the denial of these petitions for certiorari does not constitute a ruling on the merits. See, e. g., Barber v. Tennessee, 513 U. S. 1184 (1995) (opinion of Stevens, J., respecting denial of certiorari).