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rejected the state court's factual determination under the AEDPA standard.","the opposing side argues the record does not show a voluntary and informed waiver of constitutional rights."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 31, lines 7-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 31, lines 7-43"}]},{"heading":"What the justices asked","paragraphs":["Justice Kennedy asked if the district court can only hold a hearing at a specific time.","Justice Scalia asked how the defendant could claim a lack of waiver after confirming in open court that he did not want mitigating evidence introduced."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official 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waive constitutional rights in capital sentencing. It clarifies the standard for reviewing state court factual findings in federal habeas cases. The outcome impacts the procedural rights of defendants facing the death penalty."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 31, lines 7-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 31, lines 7-43"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 19-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 19-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 21-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 21-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 49-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 49-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 19-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 19-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 3-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 3-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 21-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 21-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 43-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 43-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 39-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 39-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 7-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 7-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 49-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 49-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 17-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 17-35"}]}],"slug":"2006-05-1575-schriro-v-landrigan","term":"2006","title":"Can a defendant waive the right to present mitigating evidence in a death penalty case?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 31, lines 7-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-1575.pdf","page_label":"file page 31, lines 7-43"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}