At approximately noon on July 12, 1982, defendant James Smiley savagely attacked Juan Diaz in his apartment. After defendant took certain items of jewelry from Diaz, defendant's accomplice bound Diaz, and defendant slashed Diaz' neck twice with a knife. The perpetrators then foraged around the apartment for loot. The defendant returned to check Diaz' pulse, and stabbed him several times in the back of the neck. After a final search of the apartment, the accomplice, an acquaintance...
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