STATE v. SISK

No. 3101.

112 Ariz. 484 (1975)

543 P.2d 1113

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Richard Lee SISK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer III and Thomas A. Jacobs, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

John M. Neis, Pima County Public Defender by Frederic J. Dardis, Asst. Public Defender, Tucson, for appellant.


HAYS, Justice.

Richard Sisk was found guilty of first degree murder by the court sitting without a jury. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years. He appeals and we have jurisdiction pursuant to Article 2, § 24 and Article 6, § 5 of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 12-120.21.

Sisk raised insanity and self-defense as his defenses to the homicide. The fact that he shot the victim was not in dispute...

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