Opinion ID: 1988657
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Heading: Garden Jury Recommendation

Text: Garden was convicted on three counts of Murder in the First Degree, Robbery in the First Degree, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony and related charges. [55] The jury's unanimous finding, under a reasonable doubt standard, that Garden committed felony murder established the statutory aggravating circumstance rendering Garden eligible for the death sentence. [56] The jury then recommended a finding that the aggravating circumstances did not outweigh the mitigating circumstances by a ten to two vote on the intentional murder conviction and by a vote of nine to three on the merged felony murder conviction. [57] The Superior Court was required to apply the Tedder standard by giving the jury's advisory recommendation of a life sentence great weight and the Superior Court could override the jury's majority recommendation only if the facts suggesting a sentence of death are so clear and convincing that virtually no reasonable person could differ. [58]