IN RE PROFFITT; IN RE MILLER; IN RE SASSOWER; AND IN RE HAYGOOD

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• Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (U.S. 1991)
  …condition of the boy he left for dead is surely relevant in determining his ‘blameworthiness.’” The court concluded that any violation of Payne’s rights under Booth and Gathers “was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” Ibid. We granted certiorari, 498 U. S. 1080 (1991), to reconsider our holdings in Booth and Gathers that the Eighth Amendment prohibits a capital sentencing jury from considering “victim impact” evidence relating to the personal characteristics of the victim and the emotional impact of the cr…
• YEE v. City of Escondido, 503 U.S. 519 (U.S. 1992)
  …rephrased the question presented by a petitioner, see, e. g., Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 502 U. S. 1023 (1992), or requested the parties to address an important question of law not raised in the petition for certiorari, see, e. g., Payne v. Tennessee, 498 U. S. 1080 (1991), by and large it is the petitioner himself who controls the scope of the question presented. The petitioner can generally frame the question as broadly or as narrowly as he sees fit. The framing of the question presented has significant cons…