On April 15, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and death sentences in State v. Boyston. There is an interesting discussion of the intellectual disability claim (finding Mr. Boyston did not prove ID by preponderance of the evidence or clear and convincing evidence). Also a disturbing affirmance of the trial court’s strike of a death-scrupled juror.
Archive for April, 2013
In State v. Rose, the court upheld Mr. Rose’s death sentence despite “vengeful language” in the victim impact statements that came “dangerously close to…mandating a mistrial.”
