State v. Gleason
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of capital murder for the killings of Darren Wornkey and Mikiala Martinez and other related crimes. The jury sentenced Defendant to death for the capital offense. The court of appeals affirmed Defendant’s convictions but vacated his death sentence, concluding that the Eighth Amendment required informing Defendant’s jury that mitigating circumstances need not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The United States Supreme Court reversed and returned Defendant’s case to the Supreme Court for further proceedings because there were unresolved penalty phase issues. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s death sentence, holding that the outstanding issues did not require reversal or remand.
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