Some key requirement of the law was allegedly based on the testimony of a stooge doctor. The only remedy is to reconsider the case in light of the failure in the justice process, which is what the appellate court told the trial court to do. It could still come out as sentencing upheld, but if so it would have to do on other specific grounds — not the grounds of the testimony of the stooge.
I remember a post about this case. It was last week or so? Anyway, it sounded like it needed to be looked at, again.
I know that at the federal level, a similar law exists but I’m not sure if the application of the law is different at state or federal levels.
Personally, I’d be livid if I just happened to go to a store with someone I knew, and that person killed someone in an attempt to rob, and then I got a death penalty along with the person who did a bad deed that I had NO foreknowledge of.