Hough v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 27 state decisions

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1. “1.violation of Hough’s constitutional rights when members of the victims’ families stood up to be introduced during the sentencing hearing, and inclusion in the presentence report of letters and opinions of the victims’ family members; 2. refusal of the court to appoint experts to assist Hough in the preparation of his case; 3. alleged improper foundation and chain of custody of items of evidence; 4. permitting the application for death penalty to contain an allegation of robbery; 5. error in using statutory aggravating circumstances against him during sentencing; and 6. erroneous jury instructions used during sentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 73 F. Supp. 2d 981 - Hough v. Anderson

2. “Iflurnishing of an expert is not required when the purpose of an examination appears to be exploratory only.... The purpose of the request for an expert here appears to have been exploratory only and the court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tidwell v. State

3. “offered no grounds from which to reason or suppose that any other expert would find cause to question the State's witnesses, observations, or conclusions”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State