Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/6/2006

State v. Laney

Citations

627 S.E.2d 726
367 S.C. 639
2006 S.C. LEXIS 70

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concluding that “mental retardation is a threshold issue, decided by the trial judge as a matter of law in a pre-trial hearing, that determines whether a defendant is eligible for capital punishment at all”
concluding in post- Atkins cases, mental retardation is a threshold issue that determines whether a defendant is eligible for capital punishment at all
concluding in post- Atkins cases, mental retardation is a threshold issue that determines whether a defendant is eligible for capital punishment at all
holding that when 6 the requirements of Simmons are satisfied, “the trial judge shall charge the jury, whether 7 requested or not, that life imprisonment means until the death of the defendant without the 8 possibility of parole”
holding that when 15 the requirements of Simmons are satisfied, “the trial judge shall charge the jury, whether 16 requested or not, that life imprisonment means until the death of the defendant without the 17 possibility of parole”
rejecting argument that the prosecution is required to prove the absence of mental retardation in the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial

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Judges: Burnett, Moore, Anderson, Pleicones

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