Arizona Supreme Court· 7/16/1991

State v. White

Citations

815 P.2d 869
168 Ariz. 500
91 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 19
1991 Ariz. LEXIS 57

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stating that “there is a difference between the taking of human life with exacting, premeditated coolness, as here, and the hasty, impulsive taking of life that evolves from other criminal activity”
affirming death sentence where pecuniary gain was only aggravator and lack of felony record was only mitigator
conducting proportionality review as part of direct appeal in context of penalty review
conducting proportionality review as part of direct appeal in context of penalty review
death penalty must be decided on a case-by-case basis and, in any event, defendant had produced no evidence of discriminatory intent
in capital murder sentencing, lack of prior felony record is a mitigating factor and sentencing judge must consider it

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Judges: Cameron, Corcoran, Moeller, Feldman, Gordon

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