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Larson v. Belleque

Supreme Court of the United States
Oct 6, 2008
555 U.S. 871 (2008)

Summary

denying a due process claim concerning the admission of prior crimes evidence because the Supreme Court had expressly reserved decision on the question of whether propensity evidence could ever violate due process, and thus the state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law in determining that prior crimes evidence did not violate due process

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Opinion

No. 07–11485.

2008-10-6

Lewis E. LARSON, petitioner, v. Brian BELLEQUE, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary.


Case below, Larson v. Palmateer, 515 F.3d 1057.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.


Summaries of

Larson v. Belleque

Supreme Court of the United States
Oct 6, 2008
555 U.S. 871 (2008)

denying a due process claim concerning the admission of prior crimes evidence because the Supreme Court had expressly reserved decision on the question of whether propensity evidence could ever violate due process, and thus the state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law in determining that prior crimes evidence did not violate due process

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denying a due process claim concerning the admission of prior crimes evidence

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denying a due process claim concerning the admission of prior crimes evidence because the Supreme Court had expressly reserved decision on the question of whether propensity evidence could ever violate due process, and thus the state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law in determining that prior crimes evidence did not violate due process

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Case details for

Larson v. Belleque

Case Details

Full title:Lewis E. LARSON, petitioner, v. Brian BELLEQUE, Superintendent, Oregon…

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Oct 6, 2008

Citations

555 U.S. 871 (2008)
129 S. Ct. 171
172 L. Ed. 2d 123
77 U.S.L.W. 3201

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