Earl Richmond, Jr. v. Marvin L. Polk, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

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• recognizing Justice O'Connor's concurrence as the controlling opinion in Simmons
• the defendant was not entitled to ask whether the jurors could still consider mitigating circumstances if they learned that he had previously been convicted of first-degree murder
• “[T]he Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 33 abolished parole for federal offenses committed after November 1, 1984[.]”
• Morgan, 504 U.S. at 729-30, does not require trial court to allow defendant an opportunity to ask prospective jurors if they would still consider mitigating factors and impose a life sentence once informed of his prior conviction for first-degree murder.

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