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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Corrigan finds that the trial court properly sentenced defendant to death on murder, rape, torture, kidnap and firearm convictions. Though his original death judgment was reversed because a juror had been improperly discharged during the penalty phase, a retrial again ended with a death judgment. As with instructional, evidentiary or prosecutorial misconduct errors, an error in discharging a juror does not bar retrial on double jeopardy grounds. Also, he failed to support his due process, ineffective assistance, death penalty statute and other challenges. Affirmed.