STATE v. SMITH

No. CR-18-0295-AP.

475 P.3d 558 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Allyn Akeem SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed November 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Brunn (Beau) W. Roysden III , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, David R. Cole , Nate Curtisi (Argued), J.D. Nielsen, Vineet Mehta Shaw , Assistant Attorneys General, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

James J. Haas , Maricopa County Public Defender, Peg Green , Nicholaus Podsiadlik (argued), Deputy Public Defenders, Phoenix, Attorneys for Allyn Smith.

JUSTICE GOULD authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER and JUSTICES BOLICK, LOPEZ, BEENE, and JUSTICE PELANDER (Retired) joined.


¶1 Allyn Akeem Smith was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and child abuse. We have jurisdiction of this automatic appeal pursuant to article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031. We affirm Smith's convictions and sentences.

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