State of Arizona, Appellee v. Rodney Eugene Hardy, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Hardy’s convictions for first degree burglary, kidnapping, and two counts of first degree murder, as well as his two death sentences. It held that the evidence supported the kidnapping, burglary, and felony-murder theories; that the trial court did not err in its jury-selection, evidentiary, verdict-form, mistrial, or penalty-phase rulings; and that the aggravating and mitigating evidence supported the sentences. The court also concluded that no parole-eligibility instruction was required and that any potentially improper prosecutorial question was cured by the trial court’s instructions.