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ROPER v. WEAVER

No. 06-313.

127 S.Ct. 2022 (2007)

550 U.S. 598

167 L.Ed.2d 966

Don ROPER, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center, Petitioner, v. William WEAVER.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon , Attorney General of Missouri, James R. Layton , State Solicitor, Andrea K. Spillars , Chief Counsel, Stephen D. Hawke , Alana M. Barragan-Scott , Heidi C. Doerhoff , Ronald S. Ribaudo , Assistant Attorneys General, Jefferson City, MO, for Petitioner.

John H. Blume , Sheri L. Johnson , Trevor W. Morrison , Ithaca, NY, Keir M. Weyble , Columbia, SC, Philip Horwitz , St. Louis, MO, Eric W. Butts , St. Louis, MO, Charles A. Weiss , Elizabeth C. Carver , John W. Rogers , K. Lee Marshall , James R. Wyrsch , Bryan Cave, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Respondent.

We granted certiorari in this case, 549 U.S. 1092, 127 S.Ct. 763, 166 L.Ed.2d 590 (2006), to decide whether the Court of Appeals had exceeded its authority under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) by setting aside a capital sentence on the ground that the prosecutor's closing statement...

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