STATE v. MILES

No. CR-16-0021-PC.

414 P.3d 680 (2018)

STATE of Arizona, Petitioner, v. Kevin Artice MILES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed April 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender, Cary Sandman (argued), Leticia Marquez , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Tucson, Attorneys for Kevin Artice Miles.

David J. Euchner (argued), Tucson, Attorney for Amici Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice and Pima County Public Defender.

Amy Armstrong , Emily Skinner , Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Capital Representation Project.

JUSTICE TIMMER authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES and JUSTICE BRUTINEL joined. VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, joined by JUSTICE GOULD and JUDGE SWANN concurred. JUDGE SWANN, joined by VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER and JUSTICE BOLICK concurred.


¶ 1 A defendant convicted of felony murder is eligible for the death penalty only if he himself killed, attempted to kill, or intended that a killing occur or that lethal force be used, Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 797, 102 S.Ct. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982), or...

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