State v. Fulminante

OPINION.

FELDMAN, Justice.

¶ 1 A jury found Defendant Oreste Fulminante guilty of first-degree, premeditated murder. The trial judge sentenced Defendant to death. We have considered Defendant’s direct, automatic appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence and conclude his conviction and sentence must be reversed due to errors at trial. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. VI, § 5(3), A.R.S. § 13-4031, and Rule 31.2(b), Ariz.R.Crim.P.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Background

¶2 In September 1982, Defendant lived in Phoenix with his wife, Mary, and his eleven-year-old…