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Shell v. Mississippi

498 U.S. 1, 111 S. Ct. 313, 112 L. Ed. 2d 1, 1990 U.S. LEXIS 5501
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedOctober 29, 1990
Docket89-7279
StatusPublished
Cited by353 cases

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Shell v. Mississippi, 498 U.S. 1, 111 S. Ct. 313, 112 L. Ed. 2d 1, 1990 U.S. LEXIS 5501 (1990).

Opinions

Per Curiam.

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pau-peris 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).

It is so ordered.

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