Legal Opinion
Satterwhite v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1988No. 86-6284PublishedCited by 857 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
In Estelle v. Smith, 451 U. S. 454 (1981), we recognized that defendants formally charged with capital crimes have a Sixth Amendment right to consult with counsel before submitting to psychiatric examinations designed to determine their future dangerousness. The question in this case is whether it was harmless error to introduce psychiatric testimony obtained in violation of that safeguard in a capital sentencing proceeding.
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On March 15, 1979, petitioner John T. Satterwhite was charged with the capital crime of murdering Mary Francis Davis during a robbery. The next day, before Satterwhite…
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