USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence Darrel Peter Pandeli.

The Arizona Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence Darrel Peter Pandeli. Pandeli, 52, White, was sentenced to death on April 20, 2006 for the killing of Holly Iller, but his death sentence was thrown out because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a procedural issue that affected a number of death-penalty cases. Pandeli then was re-sentenced to death, but on March 12, 2015 (see) a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that Pandeli's lawyers didn't handle his case adequately. However, the Arizona Supreme Court ruling concludes otherwise and reinstates Pandeli's death sentence. The unanimous ruling says that Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Gottsfield was incorrect when he ruled that Pandeli didn't receive effective legal representation during a re-sentencing. Pandeli also got a 20-year term for a 1991 killing.