People v. Chism
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first degree murder, attempted robbery, and second degree robbery. Following a retrial of the penalty phase trial, the jury sentenced Defendant to death for the murder conviction. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, including the death sentence, but ordered the clerk of the superior court to modify the abstract of judgment to reflect ninety-six days of conduct credit, holding that there was no reversible error in the jury selection and that the trial court did not err in its rulings during the guilt phase and the penalty phase, with the exception of denying Defendant presentence conduct credits.
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