Legal Opinion

State v. Hensley

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1984No. 5556-2PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a reimposition of the death sentence by the trial court on defendant, Robert Lee Hensley. On January 26, 1981, defendant, Robert Cihak and Robert Berndt went to the Tin Horn Saloon to “hold up the place.” Defendant was armed with a gun and shot three people during the course of the robbery, killing two of them. The facts are set out more fully in this Court’s opinion in State v. Hensley, 137 Ariz. 80, 669 P.2d 58 (1983). Defendant was convicted on two counts of first degree murder. At the first sentencing, the trial judge found that the two…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. State v. GretzlerArizona Supreme Court · 1983
  3. State v. RichmondArizona Supreme Court · 1976
  4. State v. JeffersArizona Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. ClarkArizona Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  2. State v. Amaya-RuizArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. NashArizona Supreme Court · 1985
  4. John Harvey Adamson v. James G. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  5. LaGrand v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998

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