State v. Gerlaugh

HAYS, Justice.

After a joint trial, a jury found appellant Darrick Leonard Gerlaugh and codefendant Joseph Albert Encinas 1 guilty of first-degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105, armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904, and kidnapping, A.R.S. § 13-1304. The trial court sentenced appellant to a term of 21 years each on the armed robbery and kidnapping offenses to run concurrently. These sentences were to run consecutively with a 35 years to life sentence for violation of probation. For the murder, appellant was sentenced to death. Appellant appealed these convictions and sentences, as well as the revocation…