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“we are not holding that the law requires the creation of any particular number of majority-black districts.”
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Watkins v. Mabus
we are not holding that the law requires the creation of any particular number of majority-black districts.
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Rodriguez v. Harris County
See Jeffers v. Clinton, 730 F.Supp. 196, 207 (E.D.Ark.1989) (three-judge court) (“[Plaintiffs’] alternative districts are not materially stranger in shape than at least some of the districts contained in the present apportionment plan.”), affd mem., 498 U.S. 1019 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991); Marylanders for Fair Representation v. Schaefer, 849 F.Supp. 1022, 1053-54 (D.Md. 1994).
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Cottier v. City of Martin
See Jeffers v. Clinton, 756 F.Supp. 1195, 1198 (E.D.Ark.1990) (three-judge district court), aff'd, 498 U.S. 1019 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991); see also African Am.
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Rodriguez v. Zavaras
See Rodriguez V, 914 P.2d at 250 (citing People v. Tenneson, 788 P.2d 786 (Colo.1990) and People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159 (Colo.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991)).
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People v. Rodriguez
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We are deferential to the trial court in such matters because “the trial judge is the only judicial officer able to assess fully the attitudes and state of mind of a potential juror by personal observation of the significance of what linguistically may appear to be inconsistent or self-contradictory responses to difficult questions.” People v. Sandoval, 733 P.2d 319, 321 (Colo.1987); see People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 204 (Colo.1990), ce rt. denied, 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991).
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The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant v. Frank D. RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
We are deferential to the trial court in such matters because "the trial judge is the only judicial officer able to assess fully the attitudes and state of mind of a potential juror by personal observation of the significance of what linguistically may appear to be inconsistent or self-contradictory responses to difficult questions." People v. Sandoval , 733 P.2d 319, 321 ( Colo. 1987 ) ; see People v. Davis , 794 P.2d 159, 204 ( Colo. 1990 ) , cert. denied , 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 ( 1991 ) .
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Davis v. People
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See People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 167-170 (Colo.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991).
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State v. Young
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Accord People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 191-92 (Colo.1990) (interpreting allocution statute identical to Utah's rule as establishing right of capital defendant to make statement to sentencing jury), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991).
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People v. District Court
See People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 170-75 (Colo.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991) (death penalty does not violate either of these constitutional protections).
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DeGrandy v. Wetherell
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See Jeffers v. Clinton, 730 F.Supp. 196, 204 (E.D.Ark.1989), aff'd — U.S. -, 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991); Jordan v. Winter, 604 F.Supp. 807, 811-12 (N.D.Miss.1984).
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People v. Young
In assessing the validity of a punishment selected by a democratically elected legislature, “[w]e may not require the legislature to select the least severe penalty possible so long as the penalty selected is not cruelly inhumane or disproportionate to the crime involved.” Id. at 175 , 96 S.Ct. at 2926 (plurality opinion); accord People v. Davis, 794 P.2d 159, 173 (Colo.1990) (“we may not strike down a particular penalty[ ] ‘ “because we deem less severe penalties adequate to serve the ends of penology” ’ ”) (quoting Gregg, 428 U.S. at 182-83 , 96 S.Ct. at 2929-30 (plurality op…
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Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, 1
See, e.g., Jeffers v. Clinton, 730 F.Supp. 196, 216 (E.D.Ark.1989) (three-judge court), aff'd mem., 498 U.S. 1019 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991) (subsequent history omitted).
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State v. DiFrisco
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See, e.g., People v. Davis, 794 P. 2d 159, 192 (Colo. 1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1018 , 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed. 2d 656 (1991); Booth v. State, 306 Md. 172 , 507 A. 2d 1098, 111-12 (1986), vacated in part, 482 U.S. 496 , 107 S.Ct. 2529 , 96 L.Ed. 2d 440 (1987).
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Nash v. Blunt
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Id. at 48 , 106 S.Ct. at 2765 ; see also Jeffers v. Clinton, 730 F.Supp. 196, 209 (E.D.Ark.1989) (three-judge court), aff'd, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991).
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Emison v. Growe
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See, e.g., Jeffers v. Clinton, 730 F.Supp. 196, 205 (E.D.Ark.1989), aff'd, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 662 , 112 L.Ed.2d 656 (1991); McDaniels v. Mehfoud, 702 F.Supp. 588, 591 (E.D.Va.1988), app. dismissed, 927 F.2d 596 (4th Cir.1991); Hastert v. State Board of Elections, 777 F.Supp. 634, 655 (N.D.Ill.1991); Neal v. Coleburn, 689 F.Supp. 1426, 1435 (E.D.Va.1988); Williams v. City of Dallas, 734 F.Supp. 1317, 1413 (N.D.Texas 1990); see also Romero v. City of Pomona, 883 F.2d 1418, 1423 (9th Cir.1989) (concluding that the three-part Gingles test merely explains which of the indicia of dilution are m…
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Erickson
v.
Maine Central Railroad Co.
v.
Maine Central Railroad Co.
No. 89-1940.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Dec 26, 1990.
Published
Citer courts: S.D. Mississippi (1)
C. A. 1st Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 807.] Writ of certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 46.