State of Arizona v. Edward Littleton McCauley

Summary

The court affirmed McCauley’s first-degree-murder conviction and death sentence. It found several instances of prosecutorial error, including misstatements about his criminal history, an attack on defense counsel, and references to the aggravating circumstance, but held that none individually or cumulatively denied him a fair trial. The court also rejected challenges concerning voir dire, juror misconduct, the sufficiency of the especially heinous-or-depraved aggravator, and the aggravation-phase jury instruction.