BUCK v. DAVIS

No. 15-8049.

137 S.Ct. 759 (2017)

580 U.S. 100

Duane Edward BUCK, Petitioner v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina A. Swarns , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Scott A. Keller , Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Kathryn M. Kase , Katherine C. Black , Texas Defender Service, Houston, TX, Samuel Spital , Benjamin R. Wilson , Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY, Sherrilyn Ifill , Janai Nelson , Christina A. Swarns , Jin Hee Lee , Raymond Audain , Natasha Merle , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker , Deputy Solicitor General, Bill Davis , Ari Cuenin , Assistant Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent.


A Texas jury convicted petitioner Duane Buck of capital murder. Under state law, the jury could impose a death sentence only if it found that Buck was likely to commit acts of violence in the future. Buck's attorney called a psychologist to offer his opinion on that issue. The psychologist...

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