Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Peralta v. United States

Peralta v. United States, 502 U.S. 986 (1991)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-12-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that “[t]he state may properly argue that the defense has failed to establish a mitigating factor and may also argue that the jury should not be swayed by sympathy”
  • not error to refuse to give merger instruction where trial court merged aggravating factors into one
  • interpreting identical language in former Indiana Code § 85-38-2-2(c)
  • interpreting identical language in former Indiana Code § 35-38-2-2(c)
  • juror had apparent difficulty reading the jury questionnaire

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.