United States Supreme Court

In a dispute involving the validity of an acquittal-first jury instruction during the penalty phase of a murder trial under Beck v. Alabama, judgment of the appeals court that the instructions were impermissible is reversed where Beck applies only to the conviction phase of a murder trial, and not the penalty phase.

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• Decided 05/02/2011
• Published 05/02/2011

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• United States Supreme Court

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