MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This case is the second of two direct appeals by appellant, John Frederick Thanos, who was twice convicted of capital murder and twice sentenced to die.
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On September 2, 1990, Thanos entered the "minimart" of a Big Red gasoline station in Essex, Maryland. There, he persuaded the station employees, sixteen-year-old Billy Winebrenner and fourteen-year-old Melody Pistorio, to accept his gold watch in exchange for ten dollars worth...
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