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STATE v. BREWER

Nos. CR-88-0308-AP, CR-89-0319-T/AP.

170 Ariz. 486 (1992)

826 P.2d 783

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. John George BREWER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied April 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Jessica Gifford Funkhouser, Former Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Paul J. McMurdie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, and John Verkamp, Coconino County Atty. by A. Fred Newton, Deputy County Atty., Flagstaff, for State.

Kathleen A. Kelly, Phoenix, for appellant.

John R. Hannah, Tempe, for amicus curiae Ariz. Capital Representation Project.

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

Appellant John George Brewer (defendant) pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of his girlfriend (victim) and was sentenced to death. This automatic appeal followed. See A.R.S. § 13-4033; rules 26.15, 31.2(b), and 31.15(a)(3), Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure.

The State filed its own appeal in the court of appeals, challenging the trial court's dismissal of the first-degree murder charge for the death...

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