Legal Opinion
State v. Tittle
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1985No. 6313PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORDON, Vice Chief Justice.
A jury convicted defendant, Thomas Boyd Tittle, of first degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105, and armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904. The trial court sentenced him to death for the murder and to a consecutive 21-year term for the armed robbery conviction.
On September 2, 1982, the body of a black male was found in the desert notth of Phoenix. Sheriff’s detectives later found that the body was that of Dorzee “Bubba” Hill. Hill was a known heroin dealer who worked the “Buckeye Strip”, an area of Buckeye Road in Phoenix bordered by 7th and 15th Avenues. Defendant and his girl…
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3Cited by46 opinions
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