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· 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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