State v. SUPERIOR CT. OF STATE OF ARIZ., ETC.

CAMERON, Justice.

This special action challenges a ruling on a motion in limine by the Pima County Superior Court, precluding the State from using the defendant’s nine California murder judgments as aggravating circumstances under the Arizona death penalty statute, A.R.S. § 13-703. We accepted jurisdiction because of the punishment involved, because there was no plain, adequate, or speedy remedy by appeal, and to prevent what we perceived to be a misapplication of the law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article 6, § 5 of the Arizona Constitution and Rule 3(c), Rules of Procedure for Special…