{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-759","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 13-759","heading":"Death warrant; return","body":"A. After a conviction and sentence of death are affirmed and the first post-conviction relief proceedings have concluded, the supreme court shall issue a warrant of execution that authorizes the director of the state department of corrections to carry out the execution thirty-five days after the supreme court's mandate or order denying review or upon motion by the state. The supreme court shall grant subsequent warrants of execution on a motion by the state. The time for execution shall be fixed for thirty-five days after the state's motion is granted.\n\nB. Upon the execution of a sentence of death, the director of the state department of corrections shall make a return upon the death warrant to the court which pronounced sentence and the supreme court, showing the time, mode and manner in which it was executed.","path":["Title 13 Criminal Code"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00759.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"f469b32b2fd963b535de7b41be7d25f0ae060f4fa846355d7e6206d63732bea5","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-758","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}