Arizona Supreme Court· 1/4/1996

State v. Spears

Citations

908 P.2d 1062
184 Ariz. 277
207 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 3
1996 Ariz. LEXIS 1

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holding that convict’s challenge to lethal gas as cruel and unusual punishment had “no merit”
recognizing that murder victim’s funeral expenses and related costs “are proper restitutionary items”
concluding \'customary and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred to close the victim's estate’ \ constitute economic loss for restitution purposes
noting that a shot to the back of the head is “inconsistent with a heat-of-passion murder”
finding that inquiry into 21 allegation that the jury discussed the defendant’s failure to testify “may have required an 22 improper inquiry into the mental processes of the jurors”
finding no prejudice, in part, because record did not show whether jurors were exposed to extraneous information

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Judges: Corcoran, Feldman, Moeller, Zlaket, Martone

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