Bashir v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• noting that to support the finding the trial court relied on the fact that the victim was savagely beaten, was defenseless, and suffered physical pain and psychological fear
• involving a trial court’s response to a jury question and stating that Almanza was “inapplicable” in reviewing the error
• explaining, where the applicant claimed his forced medication rendered him incompetent, that there was "no bona fide doubt as to the applicant's competence to stand trial, and therefore the trial court was not required to conduct a separate hearing sua sponte."
• evaluating claim under a violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendment
• where the evidence indicated that the victim moaned after she had been stabbed and that she had suffered before her death, the offense was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel