State of Arizona v. Jason Eugene Bush
Arizona Supreme Court
JUSTICE PELANDER authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES TIMMER, BOLICK, and GOULD joined. CHIEF JUSTICE BALES authored a separate opinion concurring in part. JUDGE WINTHROP authored a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. *
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE PELANDER, opinion of the Court:
¶1 This automatic appeal arises from Jason Eugene Bush's convictions and death sentences for murdering nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul "Junior" Flores, in their Arivaca home. We have jurisdiction under article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and 13-4033(A)(1).
BACKGROUND
¶2 The facts largely mirror those in State v. Forde , in which this Court affirmed the first degree murder convictions and death sentences of Shawna Forde, Bush's accomplice and the "self-proclaimed leader of a private 'minuteman' border…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited91 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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