Source: http://www.azcourts.gov/ccsguide/Aggravating-Circumstances/ARS-13-751-F-11-12
Timestamp: 2016-08-27 01:23:02
Document Index: 339102478

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13']

Aggravating Circumstances / A.R.S. § 13-751(F)(11-12)
A.R.S. § 13-751(F)(11) - INTENT TO FURTHER OBJECTIVES OF A CRIMINAL GANG OR SYNDICATE
A.R.S. § 13-751(F)(11) provides that it shall be an aggravating circumstance where "the defendant committed the offense with the intent to promote, further or assist the objectives of a criminal street gang or criminal syndicate or to join a criminal street gang or criminal syndicate."
A.R.S. § 13-751(F)(12) - INTENT TO INTERFERE OR RETALIATE FOR COOPERATION WITH A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
A.R.S. § 13-751(F)(12) provides that it shall be an aggravating circumstance where "the defendant committed the offense to prevent a person’s cooperation with an official law enforcement investigation, to prevent a person’s testimony in a court proceeding, in retaliation for a person’s cooperation with an official law enforcement investigation or in retaliation for a person’s testimony in a court proceeding."
History: The Arizona Legislature amended the capital sentencing statute in 2005 to include this aggravating circumstance. The effective date was August 12, 2005
State v. (William Craig) Miller, --- P.3d ---, 2013 WL 6842566 (December 27, 2013) The “witness elimination” factor was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Testimony established that Defendant stated several times that he wanted to kill two of the victims because they had cooperated with the police. Further, evidence established that he started planning the murders soon after the arson indictment, which relied heavily upon the cooperation of the two victims. “[Defendant’s] statements and the timing of his plans provided sufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding that [Defendant] killed [two of the victims] to prevent them from cooperating with the police or testifying against him, or to retaliate for their cooperation with the police.”
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