STATE v. RING

Nos. CR-97-0428-AP, CR-99-0536-AP, CR-99-0439-AP, CR-00-0328-AP, CR-00-0360-AP, CR-00-0447-AP, CR-01-0275-AP, CR-00-0508-AP, CR-00-0544-AP, CR-00-0595-AP, CR-01-0091-AP, CR-01-0100-AP, CR-01-0103-AP, CR-01-0129-AP, CR-01-0270-AP, CR-01-0421-AP, CR-02-0042-AP, CR-02-0044-AP, CR-99-0296-AP, CR-99-0551-AP, CR-99-0438-AP, CR-98-0289-AP, CR-98-0376-AP, CR-97-0317-AP, CR-98-0488-AP, CR-97-0349-AP, CR-98-0278-AP.

65 P.3d 915 (2003)

204 Ariz. 534

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Timothy Stuart RING, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Antoin Jones, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Danny N. Montaño, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Wayne Benoit Prince, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Michael Gene Blakley, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Henry William Hall, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Shawn Ryan Grell, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. James Edward Davolt, II, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Leroy D. Cropper, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Shad Daniel Armstrong, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Eugene Robert Tucker, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Kajornsak Prasertphong, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Christopher Bo Huerstel, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Sherman Lee Rutledge, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Christopher George Theodore Lamar, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Michael Joe Murdaugh (A), Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Brian Jeffrey Dann, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Robert Joe Moody, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Keith Royal Phillips, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Marcus Lasalle Finch, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. John Edward Sansing, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. James Cornell Harrod, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Darrel Peter Pandeli aka Darrel Peter Florian, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Scott Alan Lehr, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Arturo Anda Cañez, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Aaron Scott Hoskins, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Scott Douglas Nordstrom, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

April 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet A. Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section and Robert L. Ellman, Assistant Attorney General and James P. Beene, Assistant Attorney General and John P. Todd, Assistant Attorney General and Bruce M. Ferg, Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Osborn Maledon, P.A., by Andrew D. Hurwitz and John A. Stookey and Daniel L. Kaplan, Phoenix, Attorneys for Timothy Stuart Ring.

Drinker Biddle & Reath, L.L.P., Philadelphia, by Lawrence J. Fox and Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, L.L.P., by Edward F. Novak, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Legal Ethicists and The Stein Center for Law and Ethics.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender, by Stephen R. Collins and Edward F. McGee, Phoenix, Attorneys for Antoin Jones.

Law Offices of Carla Ryan by Carla Ryan, Tucson, Attorneys for Danny N. Montaño.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender by James L. Edgar and Charles R. Krull, Phoenix, Attorneys for Wayne Benoit Prince.

Baran Law Office, Ltd. by J. Conrad Baran, Overgaard, Attorney for Michael Gene Blakley.

Thomas A. Gorman, Flagstaff, Attorney for Henry William Hall.

Shughart Thomson Kilroy Goodwin Raup, P.C., Phoenix, by Rudolph J. Gerber and James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender by James R. Rummage and Lawrence S. Matthew, Phoenix, Attorneys for Shawn Ryan Grell.

Julie Hall and Arizona Capital Representation Project Tucson by Jennifer Bedier, Tucson, Attorneys for James Edward Davolt, II.

Thomas A. Gorman and David I. Goldberg, Flagstaff, Attorneys for Leroy D. Cropper.

Law Offices of Harriette P. Levitt by Harriette P. Levitt, Tucson, Attorneys for Shad Daniel Armstrong.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender by Christopher V. Johns and James H. Kemper, Phoenix, Attorneys for Eugene Robert Tucker.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender by Rebecca A. McLean and Lori J. Lefferts, Tucson, Attorneys for Kajornsak Prasertphong.

Law Offices of Williamson & Young, P.C. by S. Jonathan Young, Tucson, Attorney for Christopher Bo Huerstel.

Robert Doyle, Phoenix, Attorney for Sherman Lee Rutledge.

Susan Sherwin, Maricopa County, Office of Legal Advocate, by Brent Graham, Phoenix, Attorneys for Christopher George Theodore Lamar.

Michael S. Reeves, Phoenix, Attorney for Michael Joe Murdaugh.

Susan Sherwin, Maricopa County, Office of Legal Advocate, Phoenix, by Brent Graham and Shughart Thomson Kilroy Goodwin Raup, P.C., by Rudolph J. Gerber, Phoenix, Attorneys for Brian Jeffrey Dann.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender by Frank P. Leto and Brian X. Metcalf, Tucson, Attorneys for Robert Joe Moody.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender by John F. Palumbo and Rebecca A. McLean, Tucson, Attorneys for Keith Royal Phillips.

Law Offices of Williamson & Young, P.C. by S. Jonathan Young, Tucson, Attorneys for Marcus LaSalle Finch.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender by Terry J. Adams and Spencer D. Heffel, Phoenix, Attorneys for John Edward Sansing.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender by Christopher V. Johns and James H. Kemper, Phoenix, Attorneys for James Cornell Harrod.

Julie Hall and Arizona Capital Representation Project by Jennifer Bedier, Tucson, Attorneys for Darrel Peter Pandeli aka Darrel Peter Florian.

Stephen M. Johnson, Phoenix, Attorney for Scott Alan Lehr.

Thomas J. Phalen and Tara K. Allen Tempe, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arturo Anda Cañez.

Denise Young and Arizona Capital Representation Project by Jennifer Bedier, Tucson, Attorneys for Aaron Scott Hoskins.

Law Office of David Alan Darby by David Alan Darby, Tucson, Attorney for Scott Douglas Nordstrom.


McGREGOR, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case comes to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court, Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 608-609, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 2443, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002) (Ring II). We have jurisdiction pursuant to the Arizona Constitution, Article VI, Section 5.3.

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Facts and Procedural History.

¶ 2 On December 6, 1996, a jury convicted Timothy Stuart Ring of first...

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