STATE v. TOWERY

Nos. CR-02-0031-PC, CR-02-0022-PC, CR-02-0038-PC, CR-02-0146-PC.

64 P.3d 828 (2003)

204 Ariz. 386

STATE of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. Robert Charles TOWERY, Defendant. STATE of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. Eric Owen Mann, Defendant. State of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. James Erin McKinney, Defendant. State of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. Roger Wayne Murray, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard, Murray, Cronin, Erickson & Curran, P.L.C., by Daniel D. Maynard and Jennifer A. Sparks, Phoenix, Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C., by James W. Stuehringer, Tucson, Attorneys for Towery.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section and Robert L. Ellman, Assistant Attorney General and Dawn M. Northrup, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Office of Federal Public Defender, by Fredric F. Kay and Michael L. Burke, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Federal Public Defender.

Law Office of David Lipartito, P.C., Tucson, by David Lipartito, Maynard, Murray, Cronin, Erickson & Curran, P.L.C., by Daniel D. Maynard and Jennifer A. Sparks, Phoenix, Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C., by James W. Stuehringer, Tucson, Attorneys for Mann.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section and Robert L. Ellman, Assistant Attorney General and John Pressley Todd, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Office of Federal Public Defender, by Fredric F. Kay and Michael L. Burke, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Federal Public Defender.

Jamie McAlister Law Offices, LLC, by Jamie McAlister, Meyers, Taber & Meyers, P.C., by Jess A. Lorona, Maynard, Murray, Cronin, Erickson & Curran, P.L.C., by Daniel D. Maynard and Jennifer A. Sparks, Phoenix, Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C., by James W. Stuehringer, Tucson, Attorneys for McKinney.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section and Robert L. Ellman, Assistant Attorney General, and Monica B. Klapper, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Office of Federal Public Defender, by Fredric F. Kay and Michael L. Burke, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Federal Public Defender.

Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C., by James W. Stuehringer, Maynard, Murray, Cronin, Erickson & Curran, P.L.C., by Daniel D. Maynard and Jennifer A. Sparks, Phoenix, Attorneys for Murray.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section and Robert L. Ellman, Assistant Attorney General and Monica B. Klapper, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Office of Federal Public Defender, by Fredric F. Kay and Michael L. Burke, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Federal Public Defender.


OPINION

McGREGOR, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 These consolidated actions present the question whether Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002) (Ring II),1 which holds that a jury must decide whether aggravating circumstances exist in capital cases, applies retroactively to those defendants whose cases have become final. We conclude that Ring II

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