Legal Opinion
State of Arizona v. Christopher Mathew Payne
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2013No. CR-09-0081-APPublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice BERCH,
amended opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Christopher Mathew Payne was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, three counts of child abuse, and two counts of concealing a dead body, and was sentenced to death for each murder. We have jurisdiction of this automatic appeal pursuant to Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1
¶ 2 Christopher Mathew Payne and his girlfriend, Reina Gonzales, starved and abused Payne’s children, Ariana, age 3, and Tyler, age 4, until they died.
¶ 3 Payne left Ariana and Tyler…
2Cases cited108 opinions
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by157 opinions
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