The defendant, a person over 18 years of age, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the court not being satisfied "that the sentence of death is not warranted because of substantial mitigating circumstances" (Penal Law, § 1045, subd. 3) conducted "a proceeding to determine whether defendant should be sentenced to life imprisonment or to death" — "before the court sitting with the jury that found defendant...
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