13-759. Death warrant; return


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.


B. 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.