STATE v. DAWSON

No. 1 CA-CR 88-506.

162 Ariz. 429 (1989)

783 P.2d 1221

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Charles Ladell DAWSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

October 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jessica G. Funkhouser, Chief Counsel, Criminal Div. and Paul J. McMurdie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Dean W. Trebesch, Maricopa County Public Defender by Stephen R. Collins, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

The defendant was charged with first degree murder. The jury convicted him of second degree murder. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by informing the jury panel during jury selection that the prosecution had agreed not to seek the death penalty. We approve the trial court's statement and affirm.

I. FACTS AND ALLEGED ERROR

Defendant killed his girlfriend at the Phoenix apartment that they shared. He...

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