Buck V. Davis Case Analysis

The United States legal system gives all people the right to an attorney to help defend the prosecuted individual. The court case Buck v. Davis shows how a person’s rights could be given but in a way that would go against the one being charged for a crime. Duane Buck is an African American who was tried for being involved in a murder of his ex-girlfriend and her friend in the state of Texas. Many different types of evidence showed that Duane Buck had committed that crime and his passed issues with the legal system. Buck was able to appeal this decision of the death penalty due to the violation of his rights. Duane Buck who was thirty-two at the time of his arrest for the shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her friend was now in need of an
Precedence which is defined as a document that would be used in determining a different case or your own case. A case that was used as a precedent in Duane Bucks case Buck v. Davis was one of his previous cases named Buck v. State. This precedence was used as a reference of the present case Buck is involved in because of the importance of a few different amendment rights. For example, the rights that Buck was appealing in court was his fifth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments that were violated during the duration of his trial. The Fifth Amendment says a person has the right to an impartial jury. The Eighth Amendment mentions that a person has rights against cruel and unusual punishment. Finally the Fourteenth Amendment which talks about promoted equality under the law and also defined citizenship. Those two cases were closely related in a way where those rights of every American citizen should have. Even though Duane Buck Committed the crime of killing his ex-girlfriend and her friend, he was only given some of his rights indirectly. This is a valid argument in Bucks defense where in an appeals court could be enough evidence to convince the jury and the judge to make a decision against the original verdict made in the lower
Davis case has been looked upon over and over again to try to make sure they have all of the facts right. Not only will the facts about the double murder be discussed in the hearings and discussions throughout the court room but also about the appeals made by Duane Buck about his rights as an American citizen. Facts that were used in his original verdict may be taken away due to his fight over his rights. Federal Courts due to the falsely given rights to Duane Buck were turned bad when Buck responded to the final verdict made by the federal judge. If Duane Buck didn’t use his mind to notice that he wasn’t getting the rights that he should have in a fair way. This case also showed how bias and other influential ideas could represent away from the convicted individual without any chance of proving Bucks innocence. His assigned lawyer didn’t protect his client which caused a domino effect against his own life and future even though he did commit the murder of two