Bobby v. Mitts

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• holding that the Sixth Circuit erred in finding that the state court's jury instructions were contrary to clearly established federal law
• holding that the Sixth Circuit erred in finding that the state court’s jury instructions were contrary to clearly established federal law
• affirming Spisak-like Ohio jury instructions as “not contrary to clearly established Federal law” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• affirming Spisafc-like Ohio jury instructions as “not contrary to clearly established Federal law” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• relying on its decision in Smith v. Spisak, supra, 149, to conclude that similar jury instructions were not invalid
• instructions did not impermissibly encourage death sentence by requiring juiy to reject death penalty before considering life sentence

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