State v. Williams

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Ronald Turney Williams of first degree murder and first degree burglary. Williams was sentenced to death for the murder conviction and to an aggravated term of fourteen years for the burglary conviction. His appeal to this court is automatic pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. § 13-4031 (Supp.1986).

I. FACTS

John Bunchek, an elderly Scottsdale resident, was shot to death on March 12, 1981. Just prior to the shooting, a white male had knocked on the Buncheks’ door and inquired whether their next-door neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Tañeos, were…