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· 3/24/1997

Daws v. Nevada

Citations

  • 520 U.S. 1145
  • 117 S. Ct. 1317

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Res judicata is an affirmative defense on which the defendant has the burden to set forth facts sufficient to satisfy the* elements.”
  • the appellant's death sentence was not disproportionately severe to the sentence received by his codefendant where the appellant was, in effect, the triggerman—\he wielded the knife and personally inflicted the wounds that killed the victim\

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