State of Arizona, Appellee v. Clarence Wayne Dixon, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Dixon’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. It rejected challenges concerning prosecutorial misconduct, admission of prior-sexual-offense evidence, concealed restraints, expert testimony based on another examiner’s autopsy materials, hybrid representation, excluded diary evidence, and denial of a continuance. On independent capital-sentencing review, the court found both aggravating factors established and mitigation insufficient to warrant leniency.