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STATE v. HUGHES

No. CR-92-0037-AP.

938 P.2d 457 (1997)

189 Ariz. 62

STATE of Arizona, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Jake Hurt HUGHES, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

May 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Attorney General by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals, Kent E. Cattani, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, and Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Attorney by Thomas J. Zawada, Deputy Pima County Attorney, Tucson, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Stephanie J. Meade, Law Office of Stephanie J. Meade, Tucson, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

OPINION.

ZLAKET, Chief Justice.

On October 24, 1986, 17-year-old Frankie Spencer disappeared. Six days later, her body was discovered in a remote desert area. She had been strangled to death. In January 1989, defendant Hughes was charged with first degree murder, hindering prosecution, and conspiracy. A jury convicted him on all counts. The trial judge sentenced him to death on the murder conviction and to consecutive 2.5-year prison terms for the other...

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