STATE v. RIVERA

No. 1245.

94 Ariz. 45 (1963)

381 P.2d 584

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jesus Mares RIVERA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

May 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Tinney, Jr., and John R. McDonald, Tucson, for appellant.

Robert W. Pickrell, Atty. Gen., Jack I. Podret, County Atty., of Pima County and William J. Schafer, III, Deputy County Atty., for appellee.


STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Jesus Mares Rivera was convicted in the superior court of the crime of Second Degree Murder. A motion for new trial was denied and Rivera appeals from the verdict and judgment and the denial of his motion for new trial.

The facts may be briefly summarized. Appellant, the victim, Jesus Romero, and two other men of Mexican descent all related, spent the late afternoon and early evening of September 30, 1961, drinking beer. At about 8:00...

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