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State of Arizona v. John Vincent Fitzgerald

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 2013No. CR-10-0307-APPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PELANDER, Justice.

¶ 1 A jury found John Vincent Fitzgerald guilty of first degree murder and first degree burglary. He was sentenced to death for the murder and to a prison term for the burglary. We have jurisdiction over this automatic appeal under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031. 1

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On April 15, 2005, after traveling from his home in Hawaii to Arizona, Fitzgerald killed his mother, Margaret (“Peggy”) Lar-kin, in her Sun City West home, striking her several times with a samurai sword and shooting her twice…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Buchanan v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. State v. SpearsArizona Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State of Arizona v. Mark GoudeauArizona Supreme Court · 2016
  2. State v. Madison (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2020
  3. State v. MendozaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019
  4. Stafford v. BurnsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2017
  5. State of Arizona v. Brady Whitman, Jr.Arizona Supreme Court · 2014

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