STATE v. HEDLUND

No. CR-93-0377-AP.

431 P.3d 181 (2018)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Charles Michael HEDLUND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed December 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Paula K. Harms (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Charles Michael Hedlund.

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


¶ 1 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found error in this Court's independent review of Charles Michael Hedlund's death sentence and remanded the case to the federal district court with instructions to grant the writ of habeas corpus unless the State stipulates to have the death sentence vacated. We granted...

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