· 2/20/2001
Reyes-Aguilar v. United States
Citations
- 531 U.S. 1182
- 121 S. Ct. 1164
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the trial court erred in denying defendant challenges for cause when three jurors indicated they would impose the death penalty for premeditated or intentional murder
- holding that the trial court erred in denying defendant challenges for cause when three jurors indicated they would impose the death penalty for premeditated or intentional murder
- argument that \fitting end is the death penalty\ not improper argument
- State must avoid any argument that defendant's good prison behavior is irrelevant in a capital sentencing proceeding, and State must itself avoid improperly limiting the term \society\ by telling jury that the term is not limited to any particular segment of the population
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