State of Arizona v. Trent Christopher Benson

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• recognizing that (F)(6) aggravating circumstance may be based on a finding that murder was especially cruel or that murder was especially heinous or depraved
• concluding that two years and nine months’ interval between charged offenses was not too remote
• concluding that when viewed in context, the prosecutor did not misstate the law
• refusing to allow defendant to present evidence that he was unlikely to be paroled or would stipulate to ineligibility for parole not an abuse of discretion
• finding no error in trial court’s overruling objection to prosecutor’s closing argument that accurately stated the law
• finding 6 STATE v. VINCENT Decision of the Court severance was not required when the acts occurred nearly three years apart

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