Arizona v. Grannis

900 P.2d 1 (1995)

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Arizona v. Grannis

Arizona Supreme Court
900 P.2d 1 (1995)

Facts

David Wayne Grannis (defendant) and Daniel Ethan Webster (defendant) were hitchhiking when Richard picked them up and offered for them to spend the night at his house. After a report of screaming coming from Richard’s house the next morning, police responded and found Richard’s body in the hallway with 13 sharp-force injuries and numerous blunt-force injuries. Grannis and Webster were jointly tried in Pima County Superior Court. Webster did not testify. Grannis testified that the three men talked on Richard’s patio for two hours, and then Webster went to bed. Richard became sexually aggressive and grabbed Grannis’s wrist to push him into the bedroom. Grannis screamed, waking Webster, who came into the room and punched Richard in the face. Grannis broke free of Richard, and he began to run away, intending to leave the house while Webster and Richard struggled with each other on the floor. Grannis went to get their belongings from Richard’s car. Several minutes later Webster ran out of the house yelling, “Let’s get out of here.” Grannis thought that Richard was chasing them, and they drove away. Webster claimed self-defense. Grannis alleged that he was not in the house when Richard was murdered and therefore couldn’t be guilty of murder. The jury found both Grannis and Webster guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, two counts of theft, and trafficking in stolen property. Their convictions and death sentence were automatically appealed.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Corcoran, J.)

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