Leon Meyers v. Edward Birdsong

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• recognizing that “[cjapital sentencing proceedings must ... satisfy the dictates of the Due Process Clause”
• recognizing that in certain circumstances state procedural laws may create liberty interests that cannot be denied without offending due process principles
• holding that harmless error analysis applies to unconstitutionally overbroad jury instructions at the sentencing stage of a capital case
• concluding that appellate courts may engage in a reweighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances in order to “cure” error in capital sentencing
• concluding that appellate courts may engage in a reweighing of and mitigating circumstances in order to \cure\ error in capital sentencing
• holding that an appellate court is constitutionally permitted to affirm a death sentence based on independent review of mitigating evidence despite an error at sentencing

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