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STATE v. EVANS

Nos. 5114, 5063.

129 Ariz. 153 (1981)

629 P.2d 989

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Charlie Lee EVANS, Willie Lee Richmond, Willie Luther Steelman, Appellees. STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul William JORDAN, John Henry Knapp, Loris McVay and Sylvester Smith, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

June 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Crane McClennen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for the State.

Richard Oseran, Pima County Public Defender, by Allen G. Minker, Robert Norgren, Asst. Public Defenders, Tucson, for Charlie Lee Evans et al.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by John Foreman, Deputy Maricopa County Public Defender, Phoenix, for Paul Williams Jordan et al.

Charles M. Sevilla, San Diego, Cal., on behalf of Cal. Attys. for Criminal Justice, Cal. Public Defenders Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Michael L. Altman, Ariz. State University, Richard J. Wilson, Director, Defender Div., Washington, D.C., on behalf of National Legal Aid and Defender Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Lewis & Roca by John P. Frank, Michael L. Cooper, Phoenix, for NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Ariz. Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

HOLOHAN, Vice Chief Justice.

The above named defendants were all sentenced to death after convictions for first degree murder with aggravating circumstances. Their convictions have been affirmed by this court. Each of the defendants was represented by either the Maricopa County Public Defender or the Pima County Public Defender.

The Attorney General and the Maricopa County Attorney filed motions in the superior court...

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