Cite as: 508 U. S. 333 (1993)
Blackmun, J., dissenting
only to that which would ensure a conviction for murder. If he is denied what he asks, he is denied a fair trial.5
I respectfully dissent and would affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
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5 The Court's footnote 4, ante, at 345, added by The Chief Justice after the dissenting opinion circulated, hardly deserves acknowledgment, let alone comment. I had thought that this was a court of justice and that a criminal defendant in this country could expect to receive a genuine analysis of the constitutional issues in his case rather than the dismissive and conclusory rhetoric with which Kevin Taylor is here treated. I adhere to my derided "constitutional stew."
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