Opinion ID: 1169294
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Heading: memorandum regarding aggravation/mitigation hearing of karla windsor

Text: Idaho Code, Section 19-2515(b) provides that: Where a person is convicted of an offense which may be punishable by death, a sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the Court finds at least one statutory aggravating circumstance. Where the Court finds a statutory aggravating circumstance, the Court shall sentence the defendant to death unless the Court finds that mitigating circumstances which may be presented outweigh the gravity of any aggravating circumstance found and make imposition of the death penalty unjust. Idaho Code, Section 19-2515(f) provides that: The following are statutory aggravating circumstances, at least one of which must be found to exist beyond a reasonable doubt before a sentence of death can be imposed: (5) The murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity; (6) By the murder or circumstances surrounding its commission, the defendant exhibited utter disregard for human life; (7) The murder was one defined as murder of the first degree by Idaho Code, Section 18-4003(d), and it was accompanied with the specific intent to cause the death of a human being. I