STATE v. SIERRA-CERVANTES

No. 1CA-CR 00-0801.

37 P.3d 432 (2001)

201 Ariz. 459

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jose Jesus SIERRA-CERVANTES, Appellant.

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

As Amended January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, By Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and R. Wayne Ford, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for Appellee.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender, By Louise Stark, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for Appellant.


OPINION

BARKER, Judge.

¶ 1 Jose Sierra-Cervantes ("defendant") appeals from his conviction of one count of aggravated assault, a class three dangerous felony. The defense alleges that the instructions on self-defense, when read with the other instructions, confused and misled the jury.

¶ 2 We find no error requiring reversal. However, the instructions at issue inappropriately blend law pre-dating the passage of Arizona Revised Statutes...

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