State of Arizona, Appellee v. Jason Eugene Bush, Appellant.

Summary

The court affirmed Bush’s convictions and death sentences, rejecting his challenges concerning pretrial publicity, jury selection, confession voluntariness, sentencing information, victim-impact evidence, double punishment, and the sufficiency of the capital sentencing record. The court held that Bush forfeited or failed to establish most claims, that the jury-selection and victim-impact rulings were within the trial court’s discretion, and that the aggravating circumstances and mitigation supported the death sentences. Judge Winthrop, concurring in part and dissenting in part, agreed with the resolution of the procedural and substantive issues but would have held Arizona’s death penalty unconstitutional under the state constitution.