Opinion ID: 1652318
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Angela Leap

Text: Angela Leap confessed that she had mixed emotions about the death penalty, but that depending on the facts of the case, she could consider it as an option. When asked if her views would substantially impair the serious consideration of the death penalty, she responded, It might make it difficult, yes, and I would have trouble sentencing someone to death, yes. She stated that she would [p]robably yes hold the State to a higher burden of proof in the penalty phase than the guilt phase. Although the court found that Johnson later rehabilitated Leap as to the burden of proof, the court went on to sustain the State's challenge, noting for the record that Leap was very emphatic in answering the prosecutor's question that her feeling about the death penalty would substantially impair her ability to serve as a juror. There is no evidence in the record of abuse of discretion.