Court upholds convictions, sentences for murder, child abuse

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the murder and child abuse convictions and sentences of a man in the killing of his ex-girlfriend and the wounding of their 2-month-old daughter. Allyn Akeem Smith was convicted of fatally shooting 19-year-old Khalli Lawrence and of abuse that included shooting their 2-month-old daughter in her thigh while on a Phoenix hiking trail in 2014. The court’s decision Wednesday was unanimous. Smith was sentenced to death for his murder con