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SHELL v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 89-7279.

498 U.S. 1 (1990)

111 S.Ct. 313

112 L.Ed.2d 1

SHELL v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 29, 1990.

PER CURIAM.

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. To the extent that the Mississippi Supreme Court relied on the "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating factor in affirming petitioner's death sentence, its decision is reversed. See Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356 (1988). Although the trial court in this case used a...

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