STATE v. CRUZ

No. 2 CA-CR 1416.

121 Ariz. 283 (1978)

589 P.2d 1315

The STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Jesus Santa CRUZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1978.

Review Denied January 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Leigh Larson, Santa Cruz County Atty. by Roberto C. Montiel, Chief Deputy County Atty., Nogales, for appellant.

Bolding & Zavala by Michael O. Zavala, Tucson, for appellee.


OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellee was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. His motion for a new trial was granted for several reasons. A copy of the preliminary hearing transcript which had not been admitted in evidence was inadvertently available to the jurors. An incomplete set of instructions had also been left in the room where the jury deliberated. During the jury's deliberation the trial judge entered the jury room unaccompanied by defendant, the...

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