Arizona Supreme Court· 4/8/1993

State v. Spencer

Citations

859 P.2d 146
176 Ariz. 36
136 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 5
1993 Ariz. LEXIS 107

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holding that a defendant's post-incarceration illnesses do not constitute mitigating circumstances
stating that this court reviews for an abuse of discretion a trial court’s decision to admit evidence challenged under Rule 403
finding needless mutilation where defendant set victim on fire after raping and stabbing her
dousing victim with accelerant and setting her on fire after raping and stabbing her was needless mutilation
defendant was with victim and in control of her car immediately prior to murder, withdrew all money from victim’s bank account, and tire tracks at scene were consistent with victim’s car, which defendant was videotaped selling to undercover officer
“Rule 403 weighing is best left to the trial court.”

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Judges: Martone, Feldman, Zlaket

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