Legal Opinion
State v. Summerlin
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1983No. 5612PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Justice.
Defendant, Warren Wesley Summerlin, was tried before a jury and convicted of first degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105, and sexual assault, A.R.S. § 13-1406. The defendant was sentenced to death for the murder, A.R.S. § 13-703, and to twenty-eight years for the sexual assault, both sentences to be served consecutively. An automatic appeal to this court followed pursuant to Rules 26.15, 31.2(b), Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S.; we have jurisdiction pursuant to Art. 6, § 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution, and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and 13-4035.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Schriro v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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- State v. Amaya-RuizArizona Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. NashArizona Supreme Court · 1985
- John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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