John Eldon Smith, or Anthony Isalldo MacHetti v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Georgia State Prison

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• defendant’s claim that “death qualification” denies him his right to a properly functioning jury is “simply another way of claiming that the jury which convicted him was not fairly representative of the community”
• defendant’s claim that “death qualification” denies him his right to a properly functioning jury is “simply another way of claiming that the jury which convicted him was not fairly representative of the community”

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