· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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