Legal Opinion
State v. Doss
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided July 7, 1977No. 3069PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
Charles Russell Doss was tried and convicted of first-degree murder. A sentencing hearing was held pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-454, and the trial court found that there was an aggravating circumstance proved and no mitigating circumstances. The trial court sentenced the defendant to death. This appeal followed.
The facts of the case are not in dispute. The defendant and the victim, Peter Jesik, were attending junior college. There was ill feeling between them. On the day of the homicide during registration for the fall term the victim had made an insulting remark to the defendant.…
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