Shirk v. McLaughlin

seventeen stab wounds, victim killed while alone, several defensive wounds, victim survived five to ten minutes; evidence held sufficient to support “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” circumstance | seventeen stab wounds, victim killed while alone, several defensive wounds, victim survived five to ten minutes; evidence held sufficient to support "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" circumstance | court did not err in refusing to submit two non-statutory mitigating circumstances regarding defendant's criminal record where a submitted statutory mitigating circumstance allowed the jury to consider defendant's criminal record as a whole | court did not err in refusing to submit two nonstatutory mitigating circumstances regarding defendant’s criminal record where a submitted statu tory mitigating circumstance allowed the jury to consider defendant’s criminal record as a whole