Faye D. Copeland v. James Washington, Faye D. Copeland v. James Washington

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the prosecutor’s misconduct in “refer[ing] to facts not in evidence (the other murders in all of Missouri’s history
• noting that \it is apparent that there are Supreme Court decisions on penalty phase closing arguments\ and \[t]here are also Supreme Court decisions on guilt phase closing arguments that are relevant\
• noting that “it is apparent that there are Supreme Court decisions on penalty phase closing arguments” and “[t]here are also Supreme Court decisions on guilt phase closing arguments that are relevant”
• improper remarks in a \brief\ prosecution closing were the core of the closing and formed the crux of the argument for imposing death
• “if there is any distinction between guilt and penalty phase arguments, it would seem that there should be a more searching review of the penalty phase”
• “Indeed, if there is any distinction between the guilt and penalty phase arguments, it would seem that there should be a more searching review of the penalty phase as the Eighth Amendment is implicated.”

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