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STATE v. SKAGGS

No. 3782.

120 Ariz. 467 (1978)

586 P.2d 1279

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Paul Steven SKAGGS, Sr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

November 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, former Atty. Gen., John A. LaSota, Jr., Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, and R. Wayne Ford, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Terry J. Adams, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.

HOLOHAN, Justice.

Paul Skaggs was tried and convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to confinement for twenty-five years to life. A timely appeal was filed.

The evidence at trial disclosed that on July 4, 1976 Wayne Norris, a neighbor of the defendant, introduced the defendant to the deceased, Frank Wright. Norris was aware that Wright was a homosexual, and Norris suggested that the defendant become friendly...

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