STATE v. CRUZ

No. 5109.

128 Ariz. 538 (1981)

627 P.2d 689

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Josef P. CRUZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, and Jack Roberts, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by John Foreman, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAYS, Justice.

The appellant, Josef P. Cruz, was indicted and tried for second degree murder arising from the shooting death of Leonard Mollon in the parking lot of Carl Hayden High School. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to serve eight years in the Arizona State Prison. A timely notice of appeal was filed and we accepted jurisdiction pursuant to 17A A.R.S., Supreme Court Rules, rule 47(e)(5).

The shooting was the culmination of a dispute between...

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