State v. Isiah Patterson

OPINION

BRUTINEL, Justice.

¶ 1 In 2009, a jury found Isiah Patterson guilty of the first degree murder of Consque-lo Barker, and he was sentenced to death. We have jurisdiction over this automatic appeal under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031 (2010). 1

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 At approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 17, 2006, Patterson and Consquelo, his girlfriend, were in his Mesa apartment with their three-year-old son when they began fighting. 2 A downstairs neighbor heard loud crashes and things rolling on the floor. After about ten…