Legal Opinion
State v. Murphy
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1976No. 3017PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
Lloyd Vincent Murphy was convicted of first-degree murder, and, following a separate sentencing hearing under A.R.S. § 13-454, he was sentenced to death. This appeal followed.
Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree murder for the shooting of Thomas Richard Manning during the course of a rob bery at a rest stop near Seligman, Arizona. In return for appellant’s plea of guilty, the prosecutor dismissed charges of kidnapping and armed robbery, and he agreed to recommend that appellant receive a life sentence instead of the death penalty.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State Ex Rel. Ronan v. StevensArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Berger v. MyersArizona Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. AtwoodArizona Supreme Court · 1992
- State v. RichmondArizona Supreme Court · 1976
- John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- State v. BrewerArizona Supreme Court · 1992
- James Dean Clark v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections and Roger Crist, Warden, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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