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STATE v. RIVERA

No. 2 CA-CR 90-0266.

168 Ariz. 102 (1990)

811 P.2d 354

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Angel Rivas RIVERA, Appellant.

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

Review Denied June 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Ronald L. Crismon and Diane M. Ramsey, Phoenix, for appellee.

Harriette P. Levitt, Tucson, for appellant.

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant was charged with first-degree murder for a prison homicide. A jury found him guilty, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment.

Appellant and his codefendant, both members of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, were cellmates. According to an inmate who testified for the state, appellant admitted to him that they killed the victim in retaliation for an assault the victim had previously committed on one...

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