Court Opinion

ID: 9726203
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:37:24.713031+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:24.248623
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I join in affirming the convictions and concur in the revised version of the Martines, Chaves standard. Our clarification of this standard is the direct result of Deputy Attorney General Arthur Thaddeus Perry's request that we revisit the subject, and I thank him and appellant's counsel Marce Gonzalez, Jr., for superb work which made our task easier.
Still, it is possible for individual justices to apply a standard to a particular appeal and reach a different conclusion. I reach a different conclusion here, and I would affirm the penalty imposed by Judge Clement.
GIVAN, J., concurs with the observation that Judge Clement's sentencing of appellant should be affirmed.