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· 10/2/1978

Brake v. Womble

Citations

  • 439 U.S. 850
  • 99 S. Ct. 153
  • 58 L. Ed. 2d 152
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 2919

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  • (5)(h) proper when defendant struck victim twice in head with tire iron, then shot him in back of head with shotgun, reloaded and shot again
  • \test is not whether a jury may have declined to recommend the death penalty in a particular case but whether generally juries in this jurisdiction impose the death sentence for conduct similar to that of the defendant\

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