Legal Opinion
Butler v. McKellar
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 5, 1990No. 88-6677PublishedCited by 534 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Petitioner Horace Butler was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Pamela Lane. After his conviction became final on direct appeal, Butler collaterally attacked his conviction by way of a petition for federal habeas corpus. Butler relied on our decision in Arizona v. Roberson, 486 *409U. S. 675 (1988), decided after his conviction became final on direct appeal. We have held, however, that a new decision generally is not applicable in cases on collateral review unless the decision was dictated by precedent existing at the time the petitioner’s conviction became final. Penry v.…
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3Cited by534 opinions
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