STATE v. WARD

No. 3084.

112 Ariz. 391 (1975)

542 P.2d 816

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Lavis WARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

November 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, and Cleon M. Duke, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

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


HAYS, Justice.

Lavis Ward was found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of twenty years to life in the Arizona State Prison. He now appeals and we have jurisdiction of the case pursuant to Article 2, § 24 and Article 6, § 5 of the Arizona Constitution, and A.R.S. § 12-120.21.

The appellant urges that he was denied a fair trial when the prosecutor during the cross-examination of Ward and in his closing argument...

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