O’HERN, J., dissenting in part. I disagree with the majority’s position that principles of constitutional law or statutory construction require that a jury be instructed that it may return a non-unanimous verdict in the guilt phase of a capital ease. I Trial by jury is fundamental to the American system of criminal justice. It is “the normal and, with occasional exce…
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