United States Ninth Circuit

Jury instruction on a "catch-all" factor for consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and court's failure to correct prosecution's misstatements about that factor's reach, caused the jury to disregard relevant mitigating evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/01/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

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• United States Ninth Circuit

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