State v. Kiles

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

Appellant Alvie Copeland Kiles (defendant) was convicted by a jury of three counts of first-degree murder, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1105, and two counts of child abuse, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-3623. The trial judge sentenced defendant to death for each first-degree murder conviction and to consecutive 22-year terms of imprisonment for the child abuse convictions. In this automatic appeal, defendant challenges his death sentences, but he does not challenge his convictions. 1 See A.R.S. § 13-4033; rules 26.15, 31.2(b), and 31.-15(a)(3), Arizona Rules of Criminal…