Legal Opinion
State v. Don Chappell
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 2010No. CR-07-0384-APPublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PELANDER, Justice.
¶ 1 Derek Don Chappell was convicted of first degree murder and child abuse and sentenced to death for the murder. We have jurisdiction over this automatic appeal under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and Arizona Revised Statutes (AR.S.) sections 13-4031 and 13-4033(A)(1) (2010).
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2 Chappell began dating Kristal Shackleford in the fall of 2003. 1 They soon were engaged to be married and Shackleford and her two-year-old son, Devon, moved in with Chappell and his parents.
¶ 3 On December 10, 2003, Chappell was…
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