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· 10/1/1998

United States v. Orlando Cordia Hall, Also Known as Lan

Citations

  • 152 F.3d 381

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that this is con- stitutional, and suggesting that it is also correct as a matter of statutory interpretation
  • holding that capital defendant has no constitutional right to make an unsworn statement of remorse to the jury that is not subject to cross-examination
  • holding Constitution affords no right to make unsworn statement of remorse before the jury that is not subject to cross examination
  • holding Constitution affords no right to make unsworn statement of remorse before the jury that is not subject to cross examination
  • holding no disqualifying bias arose where a capital murder venire member stated she was uncertain whether she could consider the fact a defendant grew up in a dysfunctional family environment as a mitigating factor
  • noting that a “superseding indictment containing capital charges was returned on November 22, 1994”

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Judges: King, Smith, Stewart

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