State v. Vickers

CAMERON, Justice.

I. JURISDICTION

Defendant, Robert Wayne Vickers, appeals his conviction and sentence of death for the first degree murder of Wilmar “Buster” Holsinger. A.R.S. § 13-1105(A)(1); A.R.S. § 13-703; Ariz.R. Crim.P. 31.2(b), 17 A.R.S. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and -4033.

II. QUESTIONS PRESENTED

We must address the following issues:

1. Were defendant’s due process and equal protection rights violated because the trial court denied defendant’s motion for further medical testing?

2. Did the trial court err in ruling that the state…