STATE v. JONES

No. 1722-2.

109 Ariz. 378 (1973)

509 P.2d 1025

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Sammy Lee JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

May 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Thomas A. Jacobs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by James H. Kemper, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAYS, Chief Justice.

Sammy Lee Jones was tried in March, 1966, and convicted by a jury of one count of armed robbery. He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years in prison. Jones's previous trial for the same offense on February 25-28, 1966, had ended in a mistrial as a result of a hung jury.

At the March trial, Jones took the stand, denied having anything to do with the robberies and claimed alibi as a defense. In support of his alibi...

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