· 9/21/2023
In the Matter of: Andrea Bethany Korb
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- concluding that Spinkellink's language precluding federal courts from reviewing state court application of capital sentencing criteria no longer valid
- concluding that Spinkellink’s language precluding federal courts from reviewing state court application of capital sentencing criteria no longer valid
- holding that \[t]he circumstances of this case ... do not satisfy the criteria [for torture] laid out by the Georgia Supreme Court itself\ in its cases construing the aggravating circumstance
- holding that “[t]he circumstances of this case ... do not satisfy the criteria [for torture] laid out by the Georgia Supreme Court itself” in its cases construing the aggravating circumstance
- holding that Georgia’s “outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman” aggravating circumstance was unconstitutionally vague
- holding that “outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman” was too vague of a sentencing factor
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Judges: Per Curiam
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