Published opinions from 1990. The case name opens the case page.
December 14, 1990166 Ariz. 152
The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the defendant's murder, theft, burglary convictions and death sentence, but reversed his manslaughter conviction due to an erroneous transferred‑intent jury instruction and remanded for further proceedings.
December 6, 1990166 Ariz. 301
The court accepted special-action jurisdiction because the petition raised a general legal question about Arizona’s summary-judgment standard, rather than a case-specific factual dispute.
September 18, 1990167 Ariz. 1
The court held that proof of statutory abandonment alone does not justify terminating parental rights; the petitioner must also show that termination would affirmatively benefit the child or that continuing the relationship would harm the child.
The Arizona Supreme Court, sitting en banc, held that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Jimmy Lee Mathers' convictions for first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, first degree burglary, and armed robbery arising from the fatal shooting of Sterleen Hill and the…