STATE v. STRONG

No. CR-17-0201-AP.

555 P.3d 537 (2024)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Preston Alton STRONG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed September 3, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin K. Mayes, Arizona Attorney General, Joshua Bendor, Solicitor General, Jason Lewis, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, Laura P. Chiasson (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Harriette P. Levitt (argued), Law Offices of Harriette P. Levitt, Tucson; Julie Hall, Office of the Conflict Administrator, Yuma County Public Defender's Office, Yuma, Attorneys for Preston Alton Strong.

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


¶1 Preston Strong was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of six counts of first degree murder. We have jurisdiction of this automatic appeal pursuant to article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and -4033(A). We affirm Strong's convictions and sentences...

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