Legal Opinion
State of Arizona v. Alan Matthew Champagne
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided August 7, 2019No. CR-17-0425-APPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE BOLICK, opinion of the Court:
¶1 Alan Matthew Champagne was convicted of the first-degree murder of Brandi Hoffner, the second-degree murder of Philmon Tapaha, kidnapping Hoffner, and two counts of abandonment or concealment of a dead body. He was sentenced to death for the first-degree murder. We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal under article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 13-4031. For the following reasons, we affirm Champagne's convictions and sentences.
BACKGROUND
¶2 On June 23, 2011, Champagne and three friends drank alcohol and used…
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