Poyson v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate ·

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1. “There has certainly been evidence that the defendant had gone through a turbulent life, perhaps had mental-health issues that would distinguish him from the typical person on the street. Listening to his description of how these murders were committed, based upon a description of somewhat a methodical carrying out of a plan, the Court sees absolutely nothing on the record, in this case, to suggest the applicability of this mitigating circumstance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Poyson v. Ryan

2. “Absent a clear indication in the record that the state court applied the wrong standard, we cannot assume the courts violated Edding’s constitutional mandates. See Bell v. Cone, [ 543 U.S. 447 , 455, 125 S.Ct. 847 , 160 L.Ed.2d 881 ] (2005) (“Federal courts are not free to presume that a state court did not comply with constitutional dictates on the basis of nothing more than a lack of citation.”).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McKinney v. Ryan

3. “to create a new, more stringent test for determining whether a state court applied an unconstitutional causal nexus analysis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hedlund v. Ryan