State v. Azad Haji Abdullah

WALTERS, Justice pro tem.

On November 19, 2004, a jury found Azad Haji Abdullah guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree arson, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and felony injury to a child. The ease proceeded to sentencing and the jury found the existence of two aggravating circumstances. The jury also found that all the mitigating circumstances when weighed against each aggravating circumstance individually were not sufficiently compelling to make the death penalty unjust. Pursuant to the jury verdicts, the district court entered judgments of conviction and sentenced…