State v. Rockwell

OPINION

MOELLER, Justice.

JURISDICTION

A jury convicted the defendant, Ronald Edwin Rockwell, of first degree murder and robbery. 1 The court sentenced him to death on the murder charge and to five years imprisonment on the robbery charge. He appeals. He separately asks us to review the trial court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. We consolidated the two proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article 6, § 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031.

ISSUES PRESENTED

1. Whether the trial court erred by permitting the state to rebut defendant’s “false boasting”…