Opinion ID: 1201575
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Heading: general constitutional issues

Text: Defendant argues that his Fourteenth Amendment equal protection right was violated when the judge denied him a jury trial on the existence of the aggravating factors. This court recently rejected this argument. See State v. Spencer, 176 Ariz. 36, 45, 859 P.2d 146, 155 (1993); State v. Landrigan, 176 Ariz. 1, 6, 859 P.2d 111, 116 (1993). We need not revisit the issue.
Defendant also argues that Arizona's death penalty scheme, taken as a whole, violates the Eighth Amendment by failing to genuinely narrow the class of persons eligible for the death penalty. We have also recently rejected this argument. See State v. Spencer, 176 Ariz. 36, 45, 859 P.2d 146, 155 (1993); State v. Landrigan, 176 Ariz. 1, 6, 859 P.2d 111, 116 (1993). We need not revisit the issue.