BIVINS

v.

INDIANA

Citator

Cited By

• Branch v. State, 685 So. 2d 1250 (Fla. 1996)
  …n of proof and there is no reason to believe that these instructions were insufficient to guide the jury in its deliberations. We cannot say the trial court abused its discretion. See, e.g., Trepal v. State, 621 So. 2d 1361 (Fla.1993), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1077, 114 S.Ct. 892,127 L.Ed.2d 85 (1994). We find no error. Branch claims that the court erred in allowing the State to introduce during the penalty phase a photograph of Morris taken several weeks before she was killed. We disagree. Section 921.141,…
• Evans v. State, 693 So. 2d 1096 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …s the chemist and “mastermind” of the lab. The Supreme Court held that the evidence was properly admitted to establish the defendant's knowledge of chemistry and poison to show that he had the requisite knowledge to commit the crime.), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1077, 114 S.Ct. 892, 127 L.Ed.2d 85 (1994); Shapiro v. State, 345 So. 2d 361 (Fla. 3d DCA) (In murder prosecution, victim’s widow testified that she called the defendant on the eve of her husband’s murder because she was concerned about the latter’s wher…
• Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (U.S. 2003)
  …dence. Wiggins’ trial counsel, it said, “did not have as detailed or graphic a history as was prepared by Mr. Selvog, but that is not a Constitutional deficiency. See Gilliam v. State, 381 Md. 651, 680-82, 629 A. 2d 685, 700-02 (1993), cert. denied, 510 U. S. 1077 . . . (1994); Burger v. Kemp, 483 U. S. 776, 788-96 . . . (1987).” Id., at 610, 724 A. 2d, at 16. The state court having adjudicated Wiggins’ Sixth Amendment claim on the merits, 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d) bars habeas relief unless the state-court decis…