STATE v. TISCARENO

No. 1 CA-CR 96-0038.

950 P.2d 1163 (1997)

190 Ariz. 542

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jorge TISCARENO, Appellant.

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

As Amended May 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, John Pressley Todd, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for Appellee.

La Paz County Public Defender by Michael J. Burke, Parker, for Appellant.


OPINION

NOYES, Presiding Judge.

Jorge Tiscareno ("Appellant") was convicted of aggravated assault for breaking his girlfriend's nose. He argues that a broken nose is not a "fracture of any body part" within the meaning of Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated ("A.R.S.") section 13-1204(A)(11) (Supp.1996). We hold that it is.

I.

Appellant's girlfriend was visiting a home in Wenden, Arizona, when Appellant arrived and beat her up, then left...

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