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State v. Brewer

Citations

  • 826 P.2d 783
  • 170 Ariz. 486
  • 106 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3
  • 1992 Ariz. LEXIS 17

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that defendant could not be charged with first degree murder of fetus in light of fetal manslaughter statute
  • concluding “[d]efendant’s borderline personality disorder [did] not warrant a reduction of his sentence to life imprisonment”
  • discussing the Court’s duty to carefully review all death sentences on direct appeal and correct illegal sentences
  • finding the strangulation victim suffered physical pain from the injuries to her eye and the numerous bruises and abrasions on her body
  • undertaking independent review because, among other matters, the Arizona Supreme Court must determine that under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments the death penalty is not being inflicted in an arbitrary and capricious fashion
  • undertaking independent review because, among other matters, the Arizona Supreme Court must determine that under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments the death penalty is not being inflicted in an arbitrary and capricious fashion

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Judges: Corcoran, Cameron, Moeller, Feldman, Gordon, Corcoran'S, Cameron'S

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