# McDougall v. North Carolina

> Supreme Court of the United States · October 3, 1983 · 464 U.S. 865

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9281251

## Case

- **Full name:** McDougall v. North Carolina Simmons v. Arkansas Magill v. Florida Hayes v. Arkansas Flamer v. Delaware Wilson v. Georgia Muhammad v. Florida Jeffers v. Arizona Kubat v. Illinois Free v. Illinois Bass v. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections Bush v. Alabama De La Rosa v. Texas Ford v. Strickland, Warden, Florida State Prison Pruett v. Mississippi Porter v. Florida Narcisse v. Louisiana Peterson v. Virginia Williams v. North Carolina Conner v. Georgia Armstrong v. Florida Davis v. Oklahoma Adamson v. Arizona
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** October 3, 1983
- **Citations:** 464 U.S. 865; 52 U.S.L.W. 3266; 104 S. Ct. 197; 78 L. Ed. 2d 173; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 1724
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brennan, Marshall
- **Cited by:** 816 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing that "the exercise of discretion ... will be judged by the amount of time the jury deliberates in light of the nature of the case and the evidence"
- affirming trial court's capacity determination made in off-the-record conference with parties without conducting contradictory hearing

## Opinion text

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Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-2105, 308 N. C. 1 , 301 S. E. 2d 308 ; No. 82-6697, 278 Ark. 305 , 645 S. W. 2d 680 ; No. 82-6733, 428 So. 2d 649 ; No. 82-6741, 278 Ark. 211 , 645 S. W. 2d 662 ; No. 82-6771, 490 A. 2d 104 ; No. 82-6852, 250 Ga. 630 , 300 S. E. 2d 640 ; No. 82-6865, 426 So. 2d 533 ; No. 82-6870, 135 Ariz. 404 , 661 P. 2d 1105 ; No. 82-6876, 94 Ill. 2d 437 , 447 N. E. 2d 247 ; No. 82-6881, 94 Ill. 2d 378 , 447 N. E. 2d 218 ; No. 82-6915, 696 F. 2d 1154 and 705 F. 2d 121 ; No. 82-6916, 431 So. 2d 563 ; No. 82-6922, 658 S. W. 2d 162 ; No. 82-6923, 696 F. 2d 804 ; No. 82-6933, 431 So. 2d 1101 ; No. 82-6937, 429 So. 2d 293 ; No. 82-6982, 426 So. 2d 118 ; No. 82-6990, 225 Va. 289 , 302 S. E. 2d 520 ; No. 83-5051, *866 308 N. C. 47 , 301 S. E. 2d 335 ; No. 83-5095, 251 Ga. 113 , 303 S. E. 2d 266 ; No. 83-5145, 429 So. 2d 287 ; No. 83-5183, 665 P. 2d 1186 ; No. 83-5227, 136 Ariz. 250 , 665 P. 2d 972 .

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