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YATES v. AIKEN

No. 86-6060.

484 U.S. 211 (1988)

YATES v. AIKEN, WARDEN, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David I. Bruck argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Donald J. Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner and an accomplice robbed a country store in South Carolina in 1981. After petitioner left the store, a fight occurred in which the accomplice and the storekeeper's mother were both killed. Petitioner was convicted of murder and armed robbery and sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1982. State v. Yates, 280 S.C...

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