Legal Opinion
State v. Spencer
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1993No. CR-91-0001-AP, CR-91-0187-T/APPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
Spencer was convicted of murder in the first degree, other offenses, and sentenced to death. This is his automatic and direct appeal under Rule 31.2(b), Ariz.R.Crim.P. and A.R.S. § 13-4031. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 20, 1989, a passing motorist found the body of a badly burned young woman, wearing white boots but otherwise naked from the waist down. She was lying on her right side with her arms behind her, as if she had been bound. She was identified through dental records as Shandora Johnson-Morrow, a twenty year old hair stylist and community…
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