Legal Opinion
State v. Gallardo
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 2010No. CR-09-0171-APPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BALES, Justice.
¶ 1 This mandatory appeal arises from Mike Peter Gallardo’s conviction and death sentence for the murder of Rudy Padilla. We have jurisdiction under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 13-4031 (2010).
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶2 On December 9, 2005, Rudy Padilla was murdered at his parents’ home in Phoenix. Padilla’s father returned from work and saw that a sliding glass door into the house had been broken. He found his son’s body in the master bedroom. Padilla’s wrists and ankles had been bound, a…
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