STATE v. ACOSTA

No. 1202.

103 Ariz. 43 (1968)

436 P.2d 592

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Peter Escobar ACOSTA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Division.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen., Philip W. Marquardt, formerly Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Lawrence C. Cantor, Phoenix, for appellant.


STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Defendant Peter Acosta was charged on the 13th day of January, 1960, with illegal possession of narcotics, a felony, subsequently convicted by verdict of a jury and sentenced to the state penitentiary. The defendant attempted to appeal and the appeal was dismissed on motion of the State. It was, thereafter, reinstated on March 25, 1965, for the reasons set forth in our written opinion In the Matter of the Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus...

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