State v. Fabio Evelio Gomez

OPINION

BALES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This automatic appeal concerns Fabio Evelio Gomez’s 2010 death sentence for murdering Joan Morane. We have jurisdiction under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031, -4032, and -4033(A) (2011).

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Joan lived in an apartment complex where Gomez also lived with his girlfriend and infant son. In December 1999, a friend found Joan’s door unlocked and furniture in disarray. Joan was missing. That same day, a neighbor heard pounding on Gomez’s bathroom wall and a woman screaming. When questioned…