Opinion ID: 2570583
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Mental Health

Text: ¶ 43 The trial court found that Poyson suffers from certain personality disorders but did not assign any weight to this factor. Dr. Celia Drake diagnosed the defendant with antisocial personality disorder, which she attributed to the chaotic environment in which he was raised. She found that there was, among other things, no appropriate model for moral reasoning within the family setting to which the defendant could look for guidance. However, we find no indication in the record that the disorder controlled [his] conduct or impaired his mental capacity to such a degree that leniency is required. State v. Brewer, 170 Ariz. 486, 505, 826 P.2d 783, 802 (1992); see also Medina, 193 Ariz. at 517, 975 P.2d at 107 (holding that the defendant's personality disorder ha[d] little or no mitigating value where the defendant's desire to emulate his friends, not his mental disorder, was the cause of his criminal behavior). We therefore accord this factor no mitigating weight.