State v. Cecil

¶ 6 I respectfully concur in the result only.

¶ 7 The majority relies on the holding in State v. Thompson, 201 Ariz. 273, 34 P.3d 382 (App.2001). The main issue in Thompson was whether the 1998 premeditation statute, impacted by pre-1998 Arizona Supreme Court interpretation, is constitutional. Id. at 280-81, ¶¶ 27-32, 34 P.3d at 389-90. This 1998 statute states as follows:

“Premeditation” means that the defendant acts with either the intention or the knowledge that he will kill another human being, when such intention or knowledge precedes the killing by any length of time to permit reflection.…