Opinion ID: 1210792
Heading Depth: 6
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Statement to Bevan

Text: ¶ 35 When Greene arrived at Bevan's trailer, he told Bevan that he had clubbed a faggot. The court conceded that Greene may simply have been relating, in perhaps his vulgar vernacular, an explanation of his conduct. Tr. of Aug. 26, 1996, at 7. The state argues, however, that this language is enough like the language used in State v. West, 176 Ariz. 432, 862 P.2d 192 (1993), to support a finding of relishing. We disagree. ¶ 36 West told people he beat the fuck out of some old man. Id. at 448, 862 P.2d at 208. He bragged about cuts and bruises on his hand coming from beating up `the old man he ripped off.' Id. Moreover, West boasted of the murder repeatedly and to different friends in detail. He told one friend that  `he had beat this old man up and tied his arms and legs behind his back and threw him in the closet and then he ripped his stuff off and the car.'  Id. at 437, 862 P.2d at 197. While the facts of the instant case are close to those in West, they do not reach the level necessary to support a finding of relishing.