State of Arizona, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Fabio Evelio Gomez, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Gomez’s death sentence and kidnapping and sexual-assault sentences. It held that the trial court acted within its discretion by revoking Gomez’s self-representation and denying requests for substitute counsel without an evidentiary hearing, and it independently upheld the especially cruel aggravator and the proportionality of the death sentence. The State’s cross-appeal was dismissed as moot because the death sentence was affirmed.