In re Shewchun

submission of this mitigating circumstance to the jury proper, notwithstanding a record showing eighteen felony convictions, all acquired during defendant's youth | submission of this mitigating cir cumstance to the jury proper, notwithstanding a record showing eighteen felony convictions, all acquired during defendant’s youth | where this Court approved the submission of this mitigating circumstance to the jury, over defendant’s objection, notwithstanding a record showing eighteen felony convictions | where this Court approved the submission of this mitigating circumstance to the jury, over defendant's objection, notwithstanding a record showing eighteen felony convictions | circumstance supported where victim shot six times and suffered intense pain for up to fifteen minutes before dying | submission of this mitigating circumstance to the jury proper, notwithstanding a record showing eighteen felony convictions, all acquired during defendant’s youth | refers to the phrases disjunctively; finding permissible when brutality exceeds that which is normally present in any killing, or when murder was conscienceless, pitiless, or unnecessarily torturous to the victim | prior conviction of a violent felony; heinous, atrocious, or cruel | prior conviction of a violent felony; heinous, atrocious, or cruel