Arizona Supreme Court· 9/24/2003

State v. Sansing

Citations

77 P.3d 30
206 Ariz. 232
409 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 23
2003 Ariz. LEXIS 125

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holding error harmless when no reasonable jury could have failed to find aggravating factor established
noting that “defensive wounds, ... pleas for help, and [the victim’s] attempts to resist” establish mental anguish
finding constitutional error harmless because no reasonable jury could have failed to find a capital aggravating circumstance
finding failure to prove (G)(1) factor where defendant presented “only minimal testimony about his drug use on the day of the murder”
affirming court-imposed death sentence upon concluding that any reasonable jury would have found the mitigation was not sufficiently substantial to call for leniency
finding “[t]he evidence of the [victim’s] rape independently establishes both mental and physical suffering”

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Judges: McGregor, Jones, Berch, Ryan, Hurwitz

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