BELL

v.

TEXAS; CARTER V. TENNESSEE; BOYD V. INDIANA

Citator

Cited By

• Bell v. Lynaugh, 858 F.2d 978 (5th Cir. 1988)
  …here was no hint of remorse or contrition prior to his arrest. There was also no evidence that he was provoked by the victims, or was acting under the domination of anyone else. Bell v. State, 724 S.W. 2d 780, 804 (Tex.Crim.App.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1046, 107 S.Ct. 910, 93 L.Ed.2d 860 (1987).1 Bell’s second written confession, in which he admitted honing a butter knife into a weapon and preparing carefully for the murder before he went to the Chisums’ house, was admitted during his trial in 1982 and…
• United States v. Townsley, 856 F.2d 1189 (8th Cir. 1988)
  …cial lines to eliminate even this possibility violates the requirements of the sixth amendment. Booker v. Jabe, 775 F. 2d 762, 772 (6th Cir.1985), vacated, 478 U.S. 1001, 106 S.Ct. 3289, 92 L.Ed. 705 (1986), reinstated, 801 F. 2d 871 (6th Cir.1986), 479 U.S. 1046, cert. denied, 107 S.Ct. 910, 93 L.Ed.2d 860 (1987); Roman v. Abrams, 822 F. 2d 214, 226 (2d Cir.1987) (“The bottom line ... is that the Sixth Amendment guarantees only the possibility of a petit jury reflecting a cross section of the community and…
• United States v. Rodriquez-Cardenas, 866 F.2d 390 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …3289, 92 L.Ed.2d 705 (1986) (remanded for reconsideration in light of Batson))', Booker v. Jabe, 775 F. 2d 762 (6th Cir.1985), vacated, 478 U.S. 1001, 106 S.Ct. 3289, 92 L.Ed.2d 705, reinstated on remand, 801 F. 2d 871 (6th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1046, 107 S.Ct. 910, 93 L.Ed.2d 860 (1987). Both Circuits acknowledge that the Sixth Amendment cannot give a defendant the right to a petit jury of any particular composition. But they read the Sixth Amendment to require that the possibility of a petit…

Authorities Cited

• Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (U.S. 1976)