Michael K. POLAND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry STEWART, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee

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• holding that application of state court’s broad interpretation of special circumstances statute did not violate due process because the defendant had “fair warning under the statute” that his conduct could result in the death penalty
• holding that application of state court's broad interpretation of special circumstances statute did not violate due process because the defendant had \fair warning under the statute\ that his conduct could result in the death penalty
• distinguishing Arizona’s fundamen- tal error review provision as not providing implied exhaustion of otherwise precluded constitutional claims
• distinguishing Arizona’s fundamental error review provision as not providing implied exhaustion of otherwise precluded constitutional claims
• “a change in method does not make the sentence [of death] more burdensome and so does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause”

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