STATE v. SMITH

No. 4021-2.

131 Ariz. 29 (1981)

638 P.2d 696

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Joseph Clarence SMITH, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, Crane McClennen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Stephen M.R. Rempe, Phoenix, for appellant.


STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

Joseph Clarence Smith, Jr. was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and received the death penalty. He appealed, and we affirmed his convictions but remanded for resentencing in light of our holding in State v. Watson, 120 Ariz. 441, 586 P.2d 1253 (1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 924, 99 S.Ct. 1254, 59 L.Ed.2d 478 (1979). See State v. Smith,<...

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