State v. Clabourne

How courts have described this case

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• holding there was no mitigation where defendant, but not accomplices, did actual killing, which involved strangling and stabbing
• holding there was no mitigation where defendant, but not accomplices, did actual killing, which involved strangling and stabbing
• holding a party moving to strike an entire jury panel “must affirmatively demonstrate that a fair and impartial jury was not secured or that some material violation occurred”
• holding, based on his tape recorded confession, that the defendant validly waived his Miranda rights despite his claim that he had taken heavy doses of the prescription drug Thorazine and exhibited “bizarre behavior indicative of mental illness”
• finding no bias, and thus no error, where, though a juror had acquaintances with members of law enforcement, all jurors stated they would view the evidence fairly
• finding no reversible error where court on review “find[s] little in the pre-sentence report which would be of help to the defendant”

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