STATE v. PURCELL

No. 3595.

117 Ariz. 305 (1977)

572 P.2d 439

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Daniel Lewis PURCELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer III and Robert S. Golden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Stephen J. Rouff, Yuma, for appellant.


HAYS, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of first degree murder on June 24, 1976. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years. Timely motions for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial were filed and denied. A timely notice of appeal directly to the Supreme Court of Arizona was filed pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-1711.

Almost all the facts of this case came from appellant's statement to the police. This statement...

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