Lynn v. Reinstein

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• holding that victims may testify about the personal characteristics of the deceased and about the murder’s impact on the deceased’s family, but may not recommend a sentence
• holding that though victims deserve to be heard and to receive fair treatment in criminal cases, they may not make sentencing recommendations to the jury
• holding that even under liberal construction of state’s constitution and victim rights statutes, victims are not parties to defendant’s criminal case
• holding that even under liberal construction of state’s constitution and victim rights statutes, victims are not parties to defendant’s criminal case
• relying on Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808, 827, 111 S.Ct. 2597, 115 L.Ed.2d 720 (1991)
• concluding \that victims are not parties to a defendant's criminal case\

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