DePasquale v. State

How courts have described this case

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• noting that United States Supreme Court has never stated that beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard is required when determining whether death penalty is imposed
• rejecting argument that district court should have heard motion for new trial filed 8 days after proceedings, missing 7-day deadline
• upholding finding of premeditation considering the \brutal and extensive nature\ of victim's injuries, which defendant inflicted by stabbing victim with sharp, pointed instrument and beating victim with his hands and fists
• “Premeditation and deliberation can be inferred from the nature and extent of the injuries, coupled with repeated blows”
• death sentence not excessive although defendant had history of mental illness
• deleting four words from the original indictment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).