STATE v. VALENZUELA

No. CR-98-0267-PR.

984 P.2d 12 (1999)

194 Ariz. 404

STATE of Arizona, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terry James VALENZUELA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet A. Napolitano, The Attorney General by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals Section, and Susanna C. Pineda, Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender by Kristine Maish Assistant Public Defender, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

McGREGOR, Justice

¶ 1 Appellant Terry James Valenzuela was charged with first-degree murder. The jury convicted him of second-degree murder, a class one felony, and aggravated assault, a class three dangerous felony. Although the trial judge had concluded the evidence supported giving an instruction for reckless manslaughter, the judge inadvertently failed to so instruct the jury. Appellant, who had reviewed the proposed instructions, did not...

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