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STATE v. JONES

No. 6635-PR.

147 Ariz. 353 (1985)

710 P.2d 463

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Melvin Lyle JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

December 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Michael Sullivan, Terry Adams, Phoenix, for appellant.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William Schafer, III, Roslyn Moore Silver, Phoenix, for appellee.

FELDMAN, Justice.

On April 16, 1983, at approximately 8:00 p.m., petitioner was driving his vehicle westbound on Guadalupe Road in Tempe, Maricopa County. He was driving 55 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. In what may have been an unsuccessful suicide attempt, he aimed his car at a telephone pole but instead hit a guard rail, lost control, crossed the centerline and collided head-on with another car. As a result of that collision...

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