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Puatti: Joint Penalty Phase Was Appropriate

By Tim Cone

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In Puiatti v. McNeil, No. 09-15514 (Nov. 29, 2010), the Court denied habeas relief to a Florida death row inmate convicted of a 1983 murder.The Court rejected the argument that Puiatti was denied an individualized sentencing determination because the jury considered whether to impose a death sentence on him along with his co-defendant. The Court noted that Puiatti and his co-defendant presented ?similar? mitigation theories. The Court added that in this case a joint penalty phase was ?particularly appropriate? because the defendants committed the murder together.

Full post as published by Defense Newsletter Blog on December 03, 2010 (boomark / email).

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