STATE v. CARDENAS

No. 2 CA-CR 3578.

146 Ariz. 193 (1985)

704 P.2d 834

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jose Ramon CARDENAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Department A, Division 2.

July 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer III and Galen H. Wilkes, Phoenix, for appellee.

Frederic J. Dardis, Pima County Public Defender by Regula Case and Lieberthal & Kashman, P.C. by Howard A. Kashman, Tucson, for appellant.


OPINION

BIRDSALL, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of child molesting and given a mitigated sentence. On appeal he makes four contentions:

1) He was denied a fair trial because television was permitted in the courtroom after the trial had commenced,

2) He was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor repeatedly referred to media portrayals of child molestation,

3) The prosecutor misstated the burden of proof in rebuttal closing argument...

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