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8 Apr 2008, 9:47 am
Frias, No. 06-5381 Conviction and sentence to life of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a narcotics offense is affirmed over claims regarding: 1) insufficiency of the indictment; 2) erroneous jury instructions; and 3) various sentencing errors. . [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
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15 Sep 2008, 8:50 am
The jury is also instructed that if it does not find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder, then it should consider the lesser offense of second-degree murder. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 2:25 pm by William Ryan Moore
Accordingly, because the facts alleged in an accusatory pleading will vary on a case-by-case basis, we conclude that a case-by-case determination is warranted when deciding whether attempted second-degree murder is a permissiv [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 1:26 pm
Mississippi is procedurally defaulted; 3) defendant's counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the penalty instructions; and 4) a state court's analysis under Beck was reasonable as it is well established that a lesser-included offense instruction is not required where the facts of a murder so strongly indicate intent to kill that the jury could not rationally have a reasonable doubt as to the defendant'! [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 1:26 pm
Mississippi is procedurally defaulted; 3) defendant's counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the penalty instructions; and 4) a state court's analysis under Beck was reasonable as it is well established that a lesser-included offense instruction is not required where the facts of a murder so strongly indicate intent to kill that the jury could not rationally have a reasonable doubt as to the defendant'! [read post]