The jury instructions in petitioner Sullivanās state-court trial for first-degree murder included a definition of reasonable doubt that was es-sentially identical to the one held unconstitutional in Cage v. Loui-siana, 498 U. S. 39 (per curiam). The jury entered a verdict of guilty, and Sullivan was sentenced to death. In upholding the conviction on direct appeal, the Supreme Court of …
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