Arizona Supreme Court· 9/10/1985

State v. Smith

Citations

707 P.2d 289
146 Ariz. 491
64 A.L.R. 4th 809
1985 Ariz. LEXIS 248

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ruling that absent additional aggravation, neither the senselessness of the crime nor the helplessness of the victim can alone make the offense especially heinous or depraved
ruling that absent additional aggravation, neither the senselessness of the crime nor the helplessness of the victim can alone make the offense especially heinous or depraved
noting that senselessness and helplessness alone are not “ordinarily determinative on the question of heinousness or depravity”
noting that senselessness and helplessness alone are not \ordinarily determinative on the question of heinousness or depravity\
determining that the witness viewing the suspect walk across a parking lot weighed in favor of reliability
finding no cruelty because gunshot to the head could not reasonably be foreseen to cause suffering

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Judges: Feldman, Holohan, Gordon, Hays, Cameron

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