State v. Jackson
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of aggravated murder with two death-penalty specifications. The trial court sentenced Appellant to death. On appeal, the court of appeals vacated the death sentence, concluding that the trial judge’s use of the assistant prosecutor to assist in preparation of the sentencing opinion was improper. On remand, the trial court again sentenced Appellant to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences, holding (1) in regards to the trial court’s resentencing of Appellant, the court in the sentencing opinion improperly failed to consider Appellant’s allocution, but the error was harmless; and (2) there was no other prejudicial error.
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