United States v. Cody Rethford

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• holding that it was not a violation of Caldwell for the prosecutor to note \a number of things [that] have to happen\ before a death sentence is sought
• holding that it was not a violation of Caldwell for the prosecutor to note “a number of things [that] have to happen” before a death sentence is sought
• holding that our \review of counsel's decision to omit an issue on appeal is highly deferential\
• holding that the prosecutor’s statements, suggesting, inter alia, that the jury was a “little cog in the community” responsible for carrying out the criminal proceedings, did not violate Caldwell (quoting relevant portions of the record) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding trial judge, in finding juror impartial and thus qualified to serve, and aided by judge's assessment of juror's credibility, may resolve any ambiguity in juror's voir dire response in State's favor
• holding prosecutor’s remark that jurors were only one little cog in community and prosecutor had to determine initially whether case warranted death sentence before it could be brought to jury did not mislead jurors as to their sentencing role

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