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Title: Robert Lee Shell v. Mississippi
Author : Supreme Court of the United States
Release Date : January 29, 1990
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 63 KB

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[ 59 U.S.L.W. Page 1] The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. To
the extent that the Mississippi Supreme Court relied on the "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating factor in
affirming petitioner's death sentence, its decision is reversed. See Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356 (1988). Although
the trial court in this case used a limiting instruction to define the "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" factor, that
instruction is not constitutionally sufficient. See Godfrey v. Georgia, 446 U.S. 420 (1980); Cartwright v. Maynard, 822 F.2d
1477, 1489-1491 (CA10 1987) (en banc), aff'd, 486 U.S. 356 (1988). The case is remanded to the Mississippi Supreme Court for
further consideration in light of Clemons v. Mississippi, 494 U.S. 738 (1990).