State of Arizona, Appellee v. Steven John Parker, Appellant

Summary

The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed Parker’s convictions and two death sentences, rejecting his claims concerning speedy trial, jury selection, hearsay, business records, confrontation, flight and third-party-culpability instructions, Fifth Amendment violations, sufficiency of the evidence, post-trial motions, and capital sentencing. The court held that defense-attributable delays outweighed the lengthy trial delay, the challenged evidence and instructions were properly handled, any improper prosecutorial reference to Parker’s invocation of counsel was nonreversible, and the evidence supported both the verdicts and aggravating circumstances.