This case is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. When it was last here, we concluded that no reversible error had occurred at the guilt phase of defendant's trial, but that an instruction given at the penalty phase — the so-called Briggs Instruction, described below — violated the federal Constitution and required a reversal of the penalty judgment and a remand for further proceedings...
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