STATE v. PADILLA

No. 2568.

110 Ariz. 392 (1974)

519 P.2d 857

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Manuel T. PADILLA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

March 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Cleon M. Duke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

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


HOLOHAN, Justice.

Appellant Manuel Padilla was tried and convicted before the court, sitting without a jury, of the crime of child molesting, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-653. The trial court sentenced the appellant to a term in the state prison of not less than three nor more than ten years.

On appeal, appellant asks us to decide but one question: Was it fundamental error for the trial court to allow the prosecutor to question the defendant as to his...

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