Legal Opinion

State v. Villalobos

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 2010No. CR-08-0098-APPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 Joshua Idlefonso Villalobos was convicted of first degree murder and child abuse and sentenced to death for the murder. We have jurisdiction over this automatic appeal pursuant to Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and 13-4033(A)(1) (2010).

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 1

¶ 2 Villalobos lived with Annette Verdugo, five-year-old Ashley Molina (Verdugo’s daughter), .and the couple’s two-year-old daughter. On January 3, 2004, Villalobos and the children picked Verdugo up at work and took her to dinner. Ashley did not…

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by32 opinions

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