State v. Towery

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

On October 3, 1991, Robert Charles Tow-ery (“Defendant”) and Randy Allen Barker were charged in Maricopa County on six counts: first-degree murder, armed robbery, first-degree burglary, kidnapping, theft, and attempted theft. About six months before trial, the trial judge granted Defendant’s motion to sever. Defendant’s murder trial began on August 3, 1992. Eleven days later, the jury found him guilty of felony murder and all other counts. At the sentencing hearing, the trial judge sentenced Defendant to death for the murder and to concurrent prison terms of five…