Legal Opinion
State v. Fell
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 2005No. CV-04-0344-PRPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Justice.
¶ 1 Under Arizona law, if the death penalty is not imposed for first degree murder, the only other possible sentences are life with the possibility of release after a specified period (“life”) 1 or life with no possibility of eventual release (“natural life”). Ariz.Rev. Stat. (“A.R.S.”) § 13-703(A) (Supp.2004). We are called on in this case to decide (1) whether the Sixth Amendment requires that a jury find specific aggravating circumstances before the superior court may impose a natural life sentence and (2) whether the superior court can apply a law adopted in 2003…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- State v. GretzlerArizona Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by36 opinions
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