STATE v. GUNCHES

No. CR-13-0282-AP.

377 P.3d 993 (2016)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Aaron Brian GUNCHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed September 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, John Pressley Todd (argued), Special Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona

Stephen J. Whelihan (argued), Deputy Public Advocate, Maricopa County Office of the Public Advocate, Phoenix; and Louise Stark , Deputy Public Defender, Maricopa County Office of the Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Aaron Brian Gunches

VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES and JUSTICES BRUTINEL, TIMMER, and BOLICK joined.


¶ 1 Aaron Brian Gunches was convicted of first degree murder and kidnapping and was sentenced to death. On appeal, we remanded for a new penalty phase trial on the murder conviction. State v. Gunches (Gunches I), 225 Ariz. 22, 27 ¶ 26,...

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