State of Arizona, Plaintiff v. Homer Ray Roseberry, Defendant

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Roseberry’s post-conviction-relief petition, holding that he was not prejudiced by appellate counsel’s failure to timely challenge a jury instruction requiring a causal connection between mitigating evidence and the crime. The court concluded that its independent review of the death sentence considered all mitigation evidence without imposing a causal-nexus requirement and therefore cured any sentencing error. No separate opinions were issued.