Legal Opinion
State of Arizona v. Abel Daniel Hidalgo
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 2017No. CR-15-0049-APPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF JUSTICE BALES,
opinion of the Court:
¶ 1 This automatic appeal concerns Abel Daniel Hidalgo’s 2015 death sentences for murdering Michael Cordova and Jose Rojas. We have jurisdiction under article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and -4033(A).
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 In late December 2000, Hidalgo agreed to kill Michael Cordova in exchange for $1,000 from a gang member. He accepted the offer without knowing Cordova or why the gang wanted him murdered. One morning in January 2001, Hidalgo waited in his car near Cordova’s auto-body shop. When Cordova began unlocking the…
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