The Arizona Supreme Court again overturned the death...

The Arizona Supreme Court again overturned the death sentences of a man who said space aliens were in control of his body when he killed 2 women in 1993. However, the Supreme Court also upheld the convictions of Robert Joe Moody, who was convicted twice of murdering Michelle Page Malone, 33, and Patricia Magda, 56. The ruling was the latest in which the state high court has reviewed death-penalty cases after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said juries, not judges, must decide whether factors exist that could warrant a death sentence. A jury could have decided some sentencing factors differently in Moody's case, the court said in today's ruling. With the ruling in Moody's case, the state has reviewed 19 cases, upholding 1 man's death sentence and ordering resentencings for 18 others. Moody's initial convictions and sentences, in 1995 and 1996 respectively, were overturned by the state Supreme Court in 1998 on the grounds of inadequate legal representation. He was convicted again in 2001 and resentenced to death on January 28, 2002 (see). Moody contended during both trials that his actions were involuntary because space aliens were controlling him when he killed the women 5 days apart. He also said he had consumed crack cocaine in great quantities before the killings.