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STATE EX REL. THOMAS v. GRANVILLE

No. CV-05-0155-PR.

123 P.3d 662 (2005)

211 Ariz. 468

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Andrew P. THOMAS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Warren J. GRANVILLE, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, William Christopher Baldwin, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

December 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Thomas, Maricopa County Attorney, by Paul J. McMurdie, Deputy County Attorney, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender, by Gary J. Bevilacqua, Deputy Public Defender, Joseph A. Stazzone, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for William Christopher Baldwin.

OPINION

BERCH, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case concerns the propriety of two jury instructions relating to sentencing in a capital case. The prosecutor requested that the jury be instructed at the close of the penalty phase of the trial that the defendant bears the affirmative burden to prove that mitigation is "sufficiently substantial to call for leniency." The second instruction advised the jurors to sentence the defendant to life in prison if...

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