State v. Schackart

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the fact that defendant spent years on death row awaiting execution does not render the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment
• noting that the delays in the defendant’s case were caused by a variety of circumstances beyond the State’s control, including numerous requests for continuances by the defendant
• noting that the delays in the defendant's case were caused by a variety of circumstances beyond the State's control, including numerous requests for continuances by the defendant
• finding that unfavorable rulings are insufficient support for a claim that a judge is biased or prejudiced against a party
• stating that the sexual assault and other evidence supported a finding of especial cruelty
• finding evidence did not support gratuitous violence when the medical examiner concluded that the majority of the injuries were associated with the means of killing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).