recognizing that "the exercise of discretion ... will be judged by the amount of time the jury deliberates in light of the nature of the case and the evidence"
How later courts described this case
- recognizing that "the exercise of discretion ... will be judged by the amount of time the jury deliberates in light of the nature of the case and the evidence"
- affirming trial court's capacity determination made in off-the-record conference with parties without conducting contradictory hearing
- regarding "presumption of regularity”, i.e., state courts presumably follow their own law and procedures
- first-degree felony murder conviction and death sentence upheld even though the jury found that the defendant was under the influence of mental or emotional disturbance when he committed the murder and that the defendant’s capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform to the requirements of law was impaired
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
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Ct. Crim. App. Okla.; and Sup. Ct. Ariz. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 82-2105, 308 N. C. 1 , 301 S. E. 2d 308 ; No. 82-6697, 278 Ark. 305 , 645 S. W. 2d 680 ; No. 82-6733, 428 So. 2d 649 ; No. 82-6741, 278 Ark. 211 , 645 S. W. 2d 662 ; No. 82-6771, 490 A. 2d 104 ; No. 82-6852, 250 Ga. 630 , 300 S. E. 2d 640 ; No. 82-6865, 426 So. 2d 533 ; No. 82-6870, 135 Ariz. 404 , 661 P. 2d 1105 ; No. 82-6876, 94 Ill. 2d 437 , 447 N. E. 2d 247 ; No. 82-6881, 94 Ill. 2d 378 , 447 N. E. 2d 218 ; No. 82-6915, 696 F. 2d 1154 and 705 F. 2d 121 ; No. 82-6916, 431 So. 2d 563 ; No. 82-6922, 658 S. W. 2d 162 ; No. 82-6923, 696 F. 2d 804 ; No. 82-6933, 431 So. 2d 1101 ; No. 82-6937, 429 So. 2d 293 ; No. 82-6982, 426 So. 2d 118 ; No. 82-6990, 225 Va. 289 , 302 S. E. 2d 520 ; No. 83-5051, *866 308 N. C. 47 , 301 S. E. 2d 335 ; No. 83-5095, 251 Ga. 113 , 303 S. E. 2d 266 ; No. 83-5145, 429 So. 2d 287 ; No. 83-5183, 665 P. 2d 1186 ; No. 83-5227, 136 Ariz. 250 , 665 P. 2d 972 .