Gonzales v. Thaler’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “Due process is implicated only for rulings “of such a magnitude” or “so egregious” that they “render the trial fundamentally unfair.” It offers no authority to federal habeas courts to review the mine run of evidentiary rulings of state trial courts. Relief will be warranted only when the challenged evidence “played a crucial, critical, and highly significant role in the trial.” The due process inquiry must consider the significance of the challenged evidence “in the context of the entire trial.” We have held that the Due Process Clause does not afford relief where the challenged evidence was not the principal focus at trial and the errors were not “ ‘so pronounced and persistent that it permeates the entire atmosphere of the trial.’ ” This is a high hurdle, even without AEDPA’s added level of deference.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 587 F. App'x 767 - Raphael Holiday v. William Stephens, Director

2. “That the arresting officer thought he had his man is implicit in the prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. COLLINS (LESEAN) VS. STATE

3. “demonstrated to be particularly unreliable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Louisiana v. Leroy Jackson