Arizona Supreme Court· 12/14/1989

State v. Schad

Citations

788 P.2d 1162
163 Ariz. 411
49 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 23
1989 Ariz. LEXIS 229

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holding “In Arizona, first degree murder is only one crime regardless whether it occurs as a premeditated murder or a felony murder.”
noting that “first degree murder is only one crime” and “the defendant is not entitled to a unanimous jury verdict on the precise manner in which the act was committed”
finding no unforeseeable judicial enlargement of the (F)(5) pecuniary gain aggravator when a decision issued after the murder “merely recognized the pre-existing scope” of the statute
applying Clark to a murder that took place in 1978, a year before Brookover: “Clark . . . merely recognized the pre-existing scope of present law.”
applying Clark to a murder that took place in 1978, a year before Brookover: “Clark . . . merely recognized the pre-existing scope of present law.”
pecuniary gain factor upheld where defendant took victim’s car and left murder scene with victim’s wallet and money

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Judges: William F. Holohan

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