Legal Opinion
State v. Viramontes
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 2003No. CR-01-0296-PR, CR-01-0414-PRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZLAKET, Justice (Retired).
¶ 1 Samuel Viramontes and Jason Beck were separately convicted of first degree murder and each received a natural life sentence. We consolidated their cases and granted review without oral argument to decide whether a trial court, in a first degree murder case where the state has not sought the death penalty, may consider in sentenc ing those aggravating factors provided for by Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-702. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Arizona Constitution, Article VI, Section 5(3) and Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 31.19.
¶2 Viramontes was…
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