Arizona Supreme Court· 12/22/1994

State v. Ross

Citations

886 P.2d 1354
180 Ariz. 598
180 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3
1994 Ariz. LEXIS 138

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holding that defendant’s challenge to execution by lethal gas as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment was rendered moot by statutory change permitting option of execution by lethal injection
\A murder is senseless when it is unnecessary to allow the defendant to complete his objective.\
where defendant states witness elimination is motive for murder; where murder victim is witness to other crime and is killed to prevent that person from testifying; where extraordinary circumstances exist
“A murder is senseless when it is unnecessary to allow the defendant to complete his objective.”
finding only one example of third category in prior cases
finding victim helpless after the first gunshot disabled him

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Judges: Martone, Feldman, Moeller, Corcoran, Zlaket

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