Legal Opinion
State of Arizona v. Shawna Forde
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 2014No. CR-11-0043-APPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice TIMMER,
opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Shawna Forde was sentenced to death after a jury found her guilty of two counts of first degree felony murder and six other felonies committed during a home invasion. We have jurisdiction over her automatic appeal under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and AR.S. § 13-4031. 1
BACKGROUND 2
¶ 2 Forde was the self-proclaimed leader of a private “minuteman” border monitoring group. To fund her operation, she planned to steal from a house in Arivaca owned by victim Raul Flores, a reputed drug dealer. In May 2009, Forde met with minuteman…
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