State of Arizona, Appellee. v. Beau John Greene, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Greene's convictions and sentences for first-degree murder, robbery, theft, and forgery, including the death sentence, but reversed the kidnapping conviction because the evidence did not establish knowing restraint beyond a reasonable doubt. It upheld the admission of character rebuttal, post-arrest letters, and the sentencing letter, and found sufficient evidence of robbery and the pecuniary-gain aggravator. The court independently reweighed aggravating and mitigating circumstances and concluded that the remaining aggravation outweighed the mitigation. ZLAKET, Chief Justice, dissenting, would have reduced the death sentence to life without parole because the sole aggravator was relatively weak and the crime did not sufficiently differ from ordinary robbery murders.