Legal Opinion
State v. Bishop
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 1978No. 3569PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
The appellant, Ronald Paul Bishop, was tried and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder on May 19, 1976. On June 18, 1976 following an aggravation-mitigation hearing pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-454(E), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death, finding that the offense had been committed in an especially heinous, cruel and depraved manner, and that no mitigating circumstances existed. This appeal followed.
Appellant Bishop, Fred Van Haelst, Catherine Leckliter and her two-year-old daugh ter met each other and the victim, Norman Troxell, at the Salvation Army Welfare Center…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. GilliesArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. ArnettArizona Supreme Court · 1978
- John Henry Knapp, Arizona State Prison Inmate No. 33659, and All Inmates of the Arizona State Prison Similarly Situated v. Harold CardwellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- State v. GilliesArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. BishopArizona Supreme Court · 1980
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