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STATE v. AGUILAR

Nos. 1 CA-CR 09-0293, 1 CA-CR 09-0385.

230 P.3d 358 (2010)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jesus Valdez AGUILAR, Appellant. State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Francisco Ibarra Norzagaray, Appellant.

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

As Corrected May 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Attorney General by Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section and Liza-Jane Capatos, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

The Hopkins Law Office, PC by Cedric Martin Hopkins, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellant Aguilar, James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender By Thomas K. Baird, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant Norzagaray.

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 Although at the beginning of trial, the superior court admonished the jury to "not consult any source, such as . . . the [I]nternet for information," and then reminded the jury to observe the admonition throughout the trial, two jurors conducted Internet research on the legal definitions of terms in the court's final instructions, communicated their research to other jurors, and three additional jurors considered the research...

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