Arizona Supreme Court· 6/3/2009

State v. Schmidt

Citations

208 P.3d 214
220 Ariz. 563

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holding that use of vaguely defined statutory aggravator as sole factor to enhance sentence violated due process
holding that use of the catch-all provision as the sole factor to increase a defendant’s statutory maximum sentence violates due process
holding a superior court may rely on a “catch-all aggravator” to sentence the defendant within a range that does not exceed the presumptive sentence
finding a catch-all aggravator, “[a]ny other factors which the court may deem appropriate to the ends of justice,” “patently vague”
addressing “patently vague” catchall sentencing aggravating circumstance in A.R.S. § 13-702(D)(13) (1991)
application of any “catch-all” aggravators without a finding of an enumerated aggravator is a violation of due process

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Judges: Bales, McGregor, Berch, Ryan, Hurwitz

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