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· 6/27/1979

Golden v. Barr

Citations

  • 443 U.S. 913
  • 99 S. Ct. 3107
  • 61 L. Ed. 2d 877
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 12

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  • defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim’s body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
  • defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim's body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
  • defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim’s body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
  • defendant who mutilates or seriously disfigures the victim's body after death may be found to have a depraved mind
  • \[T]he jury's recommendation of a sentence of death is a strong indication that it did not find appellant's emotional state particularly compelling as a mitigating circumstance.\
  • fact that defendant was later acquitted on charge giving rise to aggravating circumstance at first trial irrelevant as to whether trier of fact was presented with sufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of an aggravating circumstance

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Judges: Application, Consideration, Took, White

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