Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a death sentence is unconstitutional if it is based on an aggravating factor that duplicates an element of the underlying felony
• holding that a death sentence is unconstitutional if it is based on an aggravat- ing factor that duplicates an element of the underlying felony
• rejecting claim that the state court’s proportionality review was “legally insufficient”
• holding such “double counting” was impermissible
• where the court stated: “Therefore, the pecuniary gain aggravating circumstance cannot be a factor that distinguishes some robber-murderers from others.”

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