McLennan v. McLennan

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• holding that Double Jeopardy Clause prevented imposition of death sentence upon retrial when jury had imposed life imprisonment at the first trial
• holding that Double Jeopardy Clause prevented imposition of death sentence upon retrial when jury had imposed life imprisonment at the first trial
• holding that double-jeopardy clause limits the State’s power to subject defendant to successive capital sentencing proceedings
• holding that double-jeopardy clause limits the State's power to subject defendant to successive capital sentencing proceedings
• recognizing that confrontation rights extend to the aggravation phase, but not to the penalty phase, of a bifurcated capital penalty hearing
• holding that a defendant sentenced to life imprisonment by a capital sentencing jury cannot later be re-sentenced to death if his convietion is reversed and he is retried for the same offense

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