Legal Opinion
State v. Dixon
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 2011No. CR-08-0025-APPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.
¶ 1 Clarence Wayne Dixon was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. We have jurisdiction over his automatic appeal under Article VI, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and 13-4033(A)(1) (2011). 1
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2
¶ 2 On January 6, 1978, Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old Arizona State University senior, had dinner with her parents and then went to a nearby bar to meet a female friend. The two arrived at the bar at 9:00 p.m. and stayed until approximately 12:30 a.m., when Deana told the friend she…
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