The Arizona Supreme Court today unanimously affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Mike Peter Gallardo. Gallardo was attempting to rob a Phoenix house on a December afternoon in 2005, was surprised to find 20-year old Rudy Gallardo there, and proceeded to execute him.
Gallardo was convicted and sentenced to death in June 2009, and the mandatory appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court was argued earlier this month in front of law students at the University of Arizona. The opinion makes it apparent that further federal appeals are likely to occur before any execution of the 53-year old Gallardo will take place.
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