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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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October 5, 2016
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gptkbp:category
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United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court
2017 in United States case law
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gptkbp:citation
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137 S. Ct. 759
197 L. Ed. 2d 1
580 U.S. ___
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gptkbp:date
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February 22, 2017
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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15-8049
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Duane_Buck_v._Lorie_Davis,_Director,_Texas_Department_of_Criminal_Justice,_Correctional_Institutions_Division
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The Supreme Court held that Buck’s counsel was constitutionally ineffective for introducing expert testimony that Buck was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black.
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:Buck_v._Stephens,_623_Fed._Appx._668_(5th_Cir._2015)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Buck v. Davis
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Texas
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
Chief Justice John Roberts
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Duane_Buck
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Sixth_Amendment
gptkb:Strickland_v._Washington
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:Lorie_Davis
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gptkbp:result
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Reversed and remanded
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gptkbp:significance
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Clarified standards for ineffective assistance of counsel claims involving racial bias
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gptkbp:subject
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Ineffective assistance of counsel
Racial bias in death penalty cases
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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