STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 2089.

107 Ariz. 90 (1971)

482 P.2d 457

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Armando Luis LOPEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

March 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen. by Carl Waag, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Public Defender by Anne Kappes, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


UDALL, Justice:

Defendant, Armando Luis Lopez, and a co-defendant, Frank Vega Cano, were tried by jury and convicted of murder in the first degree. Evidence introduced at their joint trial showed that Lopez had assisted Cano in burglarizing a gas station. Shortly after doing so, they returned to retrieve a partially filled bottle of beer which they had inadvertently left behind. It was at this point in time that Officer Nofs arrived on the scene. As he approached...

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