Rayfield Newlon v. William Armontrout

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• finding depravity- of-mind instruction was not capable of objective determination by the jury and Missouri -12- Supreme Court did not provide limiting construction sufficient to satisfy Eighth Amendment
• affirming pre-AEDPA grant of the writ on grounds of improper prosecutorial argument
• affirming pre- AEDPA grant of the writ on grounds of improper prosecutorial argument
• prosecutor's statement of personal belief that defendant deserved death penalty more than anyone else in ten years was improper

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