STATE v. ESCALANTE-OROZCO

No. CR-13-0088-AP.

386 P.3d 798 (2017)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Joel Randu ESCALANTE-OROZCO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed January 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic Draye , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, and Jeffrey L. Sparks (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Gregory J. Kuykendall (argued) and Theresa Loken , Kuykendall & Associates, Tucson, Attorneys for Joel Randu Escalante-Orozco.

David J. Euchner , Tucson, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

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


¶ 1 Joel Randu Escalante-Orozco was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder, sexual assault, and first degree burglary. We have jurisdiction over his automatic appeal and the State's cross-appeal under article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §...

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