Opinion ID: 2381990
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Heading: Unconstitutionality of Death Statute

Text: Harris argues that the Maryland Death Penalty statute is unconstitutional on its face and as applied. We have rejected this claim on several prior occasions. See Mills v. State, 310 Md. at 49-68, 527 A.2d at 10-20; Booth v. State, 306 Md. at 224, 507 A.2d at 1124, vacated on other grounds, 482 U.S. ___, 107 S.Ct. 2529, 96 L.Ed.2d 440 (1987); Huffington v. State, 304 Md. 559, 586-587, 500 A.2d 272, 286 (1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1023, 106 S.Ct. 3315, 92 L.Ed.2d 745 (1986); Foster v. State, 304 Md. 439, 471-480, 499 A.2d 1236, 1252-1257 (1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1010, 106 S.Ct. 3310, 92 L.Ed.2d 723 (1986). But we caution the trial court that it must instruct the jury in a manner consistent with our decisions in Foster, Mills, and Scott v. State, 310 Md. 277, 281-291, 529 A.2d 340, 342-346 (1987).