Court Opinion

ID: 9630618
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:15:47.458773+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:39:35.558206
License: Public Domain

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice
(specially concurring):
I must specially concur in the opinion of the majority. So that my assent in the result will not be construed as abandoning my belief as to the correct interpretation of what is now A.R.S, § 13-703(F)(5) (formerly A.R.S. § 13-454(E)(5)), I reiterate my disagreement with the majority’s interpretation of the aggravating circumstance concerning pecuniary gain for the reasons I stated in my dissent in State v. Clark, 126 Ariz. 428, 616 P.2d 888 (1980). Because other aggravating circumstances were proved, however, and because there are not mitigating circumstances sufficiently substantial to call for leniency, I agree with the result reached by the majority as to the imposition of the death penalty.