Nevada, et al., Petitioners v. Calvin Oâneil Jackson (569 U.S. 505)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 3, 2013 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 569 U.S. 505 · 133 S. Ct. 1990
- Decided
- June 3, 2013
- Term
- October Term 2012
- Vote
- 9–0
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Cite as: 569 U. S. ____ (2013) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES NEVADA, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. CALVIN O’NEIL JACKSON ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 12–694. Decided June 3, 2013 PER CURIAM. In this case, the Court of Appeals held that respondent, who was convicted of rape and other serious crimes, is en- titled to relief under the federal habeas statute because the Supreme Court of Nevada unreasonably applied clearly established Supreme Court precedent regarding a crim- inal defendant’s constitutional right to present a defense. At his trial, respondent unsuccessfully sought to introduce evidence for the purpose of showing that the rape victim previously reported that he had assaulted her but that the police had been unable to substantiate those allega- tions. The state supreme court held that this evidence was properly excluded, and no prior decision of this Court clearly establishes that the exclusion of this evidence violated respondent’s federal constitutional rights. The decision of the Court of Appeals is therefore reversed. I Respondent Calvin Jackson had a tumultuous decade- long romantic relationship with Annette Heathmon. In 1998, after several previous attempts to end the relation- ship, Heathmon relocated to a new apartment in North Las Vegas without telling respondent where she was…
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