STATE v. BISHOP

No. 3569.

118 Ariz. 263 (1978)

576 P.2d 122

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Ronald Paul BISHOP, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, Diane M. DeBrosse, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

David A. Chamberlain, Prescott, for appellant.


HOLOHAN, Justice.

The appellant, Ronald Paul Bishop, was tried and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder on May 19, 1976. On June 18, 1976 following an aggravation-mitigation hearing pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-454(E), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death, finding that the offense had been committed in an especially heinous, cruel and depraved manner, and that no mitigating circumstances existed. This appeal followed.

Appellant Bishop, Fred Van...

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