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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. CR-16-0261-AP.

447 P.3d 783 (2019)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. James Clayton JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed August 23, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, O.H. Skinner , Solicitor General, Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, Tucson, Jeffrey L. Sparks (argued), Ginger Jarvis , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

James J. Haas , Maricopa County Public Defender, Mikel Steinfeld (argued), Rena P. Glitsos , Kevin Heade , Deputy Public Defenders, Law Office of the Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for James Clayton Johnson.

CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER and JUSTICES BOLICK, GOULD, LOPEZ, BALES (RETIRED), and JUDGE MCMURDIE joined.

¶1 This automatic appeal arises from James Clayton Johnson's convictions and death sentence for the murder of Xiaohung Fu. We have jurisdiction under article 6, section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and 13-4033(A)(1).

¶2 In December 2010, Johnson entered...

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