Legal Opinion

State v. Lehr

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided July 13, 2011No. CR-09-0095-APPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 This automatic appeal arises from Scott Alan Lehr’s convictions and death sentences for murdering two women. We have jurisdiction under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and AR.S. § 13-4031 (2011).

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Over the course of about a year, beginning in February 1991, Lehr separately attacked ten women in central and northwest Phoenix, abducting and sexually assaulting his victims and brutally murdering three of them. He was convicted of three counts of first degree murder, three counts of attempted first degree murder, two…

2Cases cited60 opinions

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