STATE v. DORAME

No. 2 CA-CR 1423.

121 Ariz. 108 (1978)

588 P.2d 850

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Frank Arroyo DORAME, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1978.

Review Denied December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. LaSota, Jr., Atty. Gen., by Philip G. Urry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tucson, for appellee.

Benjamin W. Lazarow, Harley D. Kurlander, Tucson, for appellant.


OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. He contends that the trial court erred in giving instructions to the jurors while they were being impaneled, in admitting a suicide note into evidence and in commenting on the evidence. We do not agree.

When impaneling the jurors the trial court told them that if they found the defendant guilty, they had "... the power to state whether the punishment...

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