Harris v. Fuerst

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• upholding Smith's waiver because he was literate, competent, understanding, and apprised of the danger of what he was doing
• court should not examine isolated statements but entire colloquy with juror to determine qualification
• death sentence upheld upon jury's finding aggravating circumstances of both \robbery while armed with a deadly weapon\ and \larceny with the use of a deadly weapon.\
• “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” is “directed to those crimes where the death of the victim was preceded by torture of the victim or serious physical abuse” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• to facilitate a robbery, defendant lured the victim to a wooded area, under the pretext of it being a shortcut to a party, and thereafter shot her in the head several times
• defendant first sold cocaine to the victims, then, saying he was leading them to a party, led them instead to a wooded area and held a gun on them, demanded the cocaine, and then shot them — factor found

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