State v. Brinkman
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of two counts of aggravated murder and his sentences of death on each count but reversed the trial court's judgment imposing postrelease control on counts three, four, and five, holding that Defendant's convictions and sentences should be affirmed.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the trial court erred in imposing postrelease control for counts that had been merged for sentencing; (2) no other error, individual or cumulative, occurred in the underlying proceedings; and (3) under an independent review of Defendant's death sentences, the evidence supported the findings regarding the aggravated and mitigating circumstances, and the death sentences were proportionate.
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