State of Arizona, Appellee v. Donald David Delahanty, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Delahanty's convictions and sentences, including the death sentence for killing an on-duty police officer. It held that the trial court erred by failing to order a required competency prescreening, but the omission did not constitute fundamental error because the record showed no good-faith doubt about Delahanty's competence. The court also upheld the limits on cross-examination, refusal to give lesser-included-offense instructions, and finding that Delahanty knowingly waived mitigation. The court found no abuse of discretion in the aggravating-circumstance findings or death sentence.