III THE TRIAL COURT ERRED TO THE UNFAIR PREJUDICE OF ...

In Ring v. Arizona, Arizona law authorized the death penalty only if an aggravating factor was present. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Apprendi required the existence of the aggravating factor to be proved to a jury instead of a judge. Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002). ................
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