Matter of Robert P., Jr. (Robert P., Sr.)

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• holding that, when a trial judge has considered an invalid aggravating circumstance, applying harmless-error analysis does not render the death sentence unconstitutional
• holding that, when a trial judge has considered an invalid aggravating circumstance, applying harmless-error analysis does not render the death sentence unconstitutional
• holding that nothing in the Constitution prohibits consideration of non-statutory aggravating factor
• holding that nothing in the Constitution prohibits consideration of non-statutory aggravating factor
• holding that a sentencing judge in a capital case may consider \the elements of racial hatred\ in the defendant's crime as well as \[the defendant]'s desire to start a race war\
• stating that “[t]he trial judge’s consideration of Barclay’s criminal record as an aggravating circumstance was improper as a matter of state law”

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