a jury has determined that Keith Royal Phillips, who once was sentenced to death...

a jury has determined that Keith Royal Phillips, who once was sentenced to death for a fatal robbery spree, will now face a life sentence in prison. Phillips' death sentence was overturned after a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that juries, not judges, should make the ultimate decision in death penalty cases. 
The jury decided not to impose a death penalty. So now it's up to Judge Howard Fell of Pima County Superior Court to impose either a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 25 years or life without parole. After hearing the jury's decision, Fell set sentencing for Oct. 22.
Phillips and Marcus Lasalle Finch were convicted in 1999 for 3 1998 robberies that included the murder of Kevin Hendricks of Sells. Finch, who admitted shooting Hendricks, is scheduled to be resentenced in the spring.