State v. Morris

OPINION

McGREGOR, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 On July 19, 2005, a jury determined that Cory Morris should be sentenced to death for the murders of Barbara Codman, Shanteria Davis, Jade Velasquez, Sharon Noah, and Julie Castillo. Appeal to this Court is automatic. Ariz. R.Crim. P. 31.2.b. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article 6, Section 5, Clause 3 of the Arizona Constitution and Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) section 13^4031 (2001).

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¶ 2 Morris lived in a camper in the backyard of his aunt and uncle’s house in Phoenix and worked at a bar approximately three nights a week. In April 2003, Morris’s…