Court Opinion

ID: 9476505
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:57:38.458164+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:21.479430
License: Public Domain

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part, and dissenting in part:
I concur in all of the parts of the opinion except Parts IV, V, VI and VII, though as an abstract proposition, I agree with the reasoning in Parts VI and VIL I do not think that we are called upon to address the points discussed in these sections, since we had already found ample grounds to reverse and were reversing the judgment. It is suggested in the opinion that since this was a death case we should review and resolve all claims whether they be necessary or not to the decision and whether they are likely to arise on retrial or not. There is language in some of the decisions suggesting that the appellate court should review all claims raised by the appellant before affirming death sentences, but I do not read these decisions as requiring decision on points not necessary to the decision if the decision already is to reverse the death conviction. As I have said, I dissent from Parts IV, V, VI and VII of the opinion as set forth therein.
I am authorized by Judge WIDENER to state that he concurs in the above.