State v. Correll

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• holding that changes relating to aggravating circumstances constituted substantive changes to the offense of capital murder
• holding that changes relating to aggravating circumstances constituted substantive changes to the offense of capital murder
• holding that a law changing the aggravating circumstances that may be considered in a decision to impose the death penalty for murder under § 13-703 “is a substantive, rather than a procedural, change”
• concluding that an amendment adding a new aggravating circumstance is a substantive rather than a procedural change, and that the application of such circumstance to an offense committed before the amendment's effective date would constitute an ex post facto law
• concluding that an amendment adding a new aggravating circumstance is a substantive rather than a procedural change, and that the application of such circumstance to an offense committed before the amendment's effective date would constitute an ex post facto law
• finding that a change in a capital sentencing aggravating factor was a substantive change that required application of the version in effect at the time the offense was committed

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