Cody Martinez

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Pima County, Arizona, USA
Date of birth: December 2, 1981
Age at first offence: 22
Characteristics: robbery, kidnapping, abuse, arson, drugs
Victim profile: Francisco Aguilar
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: June 12, 2003
Years active: 2003
Date of arrest: Same day
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on November 18, 2005

Case Summary

Background

Cody James Martinez was sentenced to death on November 18, 2005.

The offence

Martinez and his cohort planned to rob Francisco Aguilar of drugs.

Martinez and his cohorts kidnapped, beat, and stuffed Aguilar into the trunk of a car. After Martinez and his cohorts ransacked Aguilar’s apartment, they drove Aguilar to the desert where they beat him again. One of Martinez’s cohort stabbed Aguilar in the abdomen. Aguilar pleaded for his life but Martinez told him to shut up and then shot Aguilar twice. Aguilar’s body was covered with a mattress and set on fire.

Investigation, Arrest, Trial

An officer went to investigate the smoke and pulled over Martinez and his cohorts close to the area where the smoke was coming from. Martinez told the officer that he had just been at a barbeque.

The defense argued that one of Martinez’s cohorts could have been the one who shot Aguilar.

Sentencing

During the penalty phase, the defense argued Martinez was raised in an abusive and dysfunctional family, which included a mother who abused drugs and later did drugs with her children.

The defense also argued Martinez’s cohorts sentences ranged from two and a half years to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

Prosecutor(s): Teresa Godoy Defense lawyer(s): Chris Kimminau, Richard Parrish

Other details

Sources: Arizona Daily Star 11/5/2005 (2005 WLNR 18918417), 11/10/2005 (2005 WLNR 19265547), 11/16/2005 (2005 WLNR 19467384), 11/19/2005 (2005 WLNR 19671484), 12/17/2005 (2005 WLNR 22471348).

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