victim-impact-testimony

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5515 Kenneth Hairston v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-08-30 Denied IFP aggravating-factor criminal-procedure death-penalty felony-convictions ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct victim-impact victim-impact-testimony Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to the prosecutor's improper argument regarding victim impact testimony used to …
20-8075 Damantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-19 Denied IFP appellate-review capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-error constitutional-law criminal-procedure harmless-error trial-procedure victim-impact victim-impact-testimony Is a new trial required when an appellate court assumes a trial court's admission of irrelevant victim impact testimony was error?