Arias trial: Court rejects death penalty stay in Mesa murder case

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Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias talks about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008, as she testifies in her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Boyfriend Slaying

Judge Sherry Stephens listens to defendant Jodi Arias testify about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during Arias' murder trial in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias loses her composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias loses her composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias talks about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008, as she testifies in her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias talks about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008, as she testifies in her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias loses her composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Boyfriend Slaying

Defendant Jodi Arias' mother Sandy Arias listens as her daughter testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during Jodi Arias' murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Boyfriend Slaying

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias talks about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008, as she testifies in her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias gets ready to take the stand to testify during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias prepares to leave the stand after testifying about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008 at her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Boyfriend Slaying

Defendant Jodi Arias tries to maintain composure as she testifies about killing Travis Alexander in 2008 during her murder trial at Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Jodi Arias

Defendant Jodi Arias talks about the text messages with Travis Alexander from March through May 2008, as she testifies in her murder trial st Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court , on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)

Charlie Leight

Boyfriend Slaying

Defense Attorney Kirk Nurmi listens as defendant Jodi Arias testifies about killing Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008 and the panic afterward, as she testifies during her murder trial in Judge Sherry Stephens' Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Arias is charged in the 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her lover, Alexander. She faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight, Pool)