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PHOENIX — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a teenager’s confession to nine killings at a Buddhist temple in 1991 was involuntary, agreeing with a smaller panel’s earlier decision.
The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the confession of Jonathan Doody, who was 17 at the time of the killings of six priests, a nun and two helpers during a robbery at the Wat Promkunaram temple west of Phoenix.
Doody was sentenced to serve 281 years. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office can ask the Supreme Court to review the case or decide to retry Doody without the alleged confession.
