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SATTAZAHN, DAVID A. v. PENNSYLVANIA (28283)

    Order dated: 03/18/02
    Docket number: 01-7574
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.

SATTAZAHN, DAVID A. v. PENNSYLVANIA (28283)

    Order dated: 10/07/02
    Docket number: 01-7574
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted. The motion of the Solicitor General to permit Sri Srinivasan to present oral argument pro hac vice is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Does the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bar imposition of the death penalty upon reconviction after an initial conviction, set aside on appeal, in which the trial court imposed a statutorily mandated life sentence when the capital sentencing jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict? 2. Is a capital defendant's life and liberty interest in the imposition of a life sentence by operation of state law, following a capital sentencing hearing in which the sentencing jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict, violated when his first conviction is later overturned and the state seeks and obtains a death sentence on retrial?

An opinion has been handed down: