JAMES STHUBIN v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

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• holding that the line dividing petty from felony larceny and the appropriate punishment under recidivist statute were both largely within the discretion of the state legislature
• describing expert witness's testimony as mitigating evidence and finding constitutional error when the trial judge refused to give an instruction that would have enabled the jury to give it meaningful consideration
• “Our cases following Lockett [v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586, 98 S. Ct. 2954, 57 L. Ed. 2d 973 (1978

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