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MILES
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Carjacking
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
December 7,
1992
Date of birth:
May 28,
1968
Victim profile: A
40-year-old
female
Method of murder:
Shooting
(.45 caliber handgun)
Location: Pima County, Arizona, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on July 6, 1993
Date of Birth: May 28,
1968
Defendant: Black
Victim: Caucasian
On December 7, 1992, Miles and
two 16-year-old companions planned a carjacking and discussed killing
someone.
At 1:30 p.m. that day, Miles and
his two companions waited for a car to stop near the area of 24th Street
and Columbus Avenue in Tucson.
When the 40-year-old victim
approached in her vehicle and stopped, one of the two companions asked
her for a "light" for a cigarette. As she reached for the lighter, the
companion pointed a .45 caliber handgun at her head and forced her to
move over.
Miles and the two companions
took control of the car, kept the gun pointed at her, and drove her to a
desert area, where she was shot once in the chest. She died from this
gunshot wound, which lacerated her heart and her left lung.
PROCEEDINGS
Presiding Judge: William H. Tinney
Prosecutors: David White and Reagen Kulseth
Start of Trial: April 21, 1993
Verdict: April 30, 1993
Sentencing: July 6, 1993
Aggravating Circumstances:
Prior crime of violence
Pecuniary gain
Especially cruel and heinous
Mitigating Circumstances:
Remorse
Reputation for non-violence
Felony-murder
PUBLISHED
OPINIONS
State v. Miles, 186 Ariz. 10, 918 P.2d 1028 (1996).
