STATE v. MATUS

No. 1 CA-CR 349.

15 Ariz. App. 97 (1971)

486 P.2d 209

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Joseph Mario MATUS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

June 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen. by William P. Dixon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Moise Berger, Maricopa County Atty., Phoenix, for appellee.

John V. Riggs, Tempe, for appellant.


HATHAWAY, Judge.

The appellant was tried to a jury and convicted of second degree burglary and sentenced to a prison term of from four to five years. On appeal he questions the voluntariness of his statement given to officers and brought out at trial, and he contends that improper closing argument by the prosecutor was prejudicial.

On the voluntariness question, appellant submits that since he did not take the stand in the voluntariness hearing, the determination...

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