STATE v. FRANCIS

No. CR-17-0062-PR.

410 P.3d 416 (2018)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Darrel Scott FRANCIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic Draye , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Chief Counsel, Michael Valenzuela (argued), Assistant Attorney General Criminal Appeals Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Criss E. Candelaria (argued), Criss Candelaria Law Office P.C., Concho, Attorneys for Darrel Scott Francis.

Randy McDonald (argued), Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix; Keith J. Hilzendeger , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix; and Carol Lamoureux , Law Offices of Hernandez & Hamilton, PC, Tucson, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

JUSTICE BOLICK authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, JUSTICES BRUTINEL, TIMMER, and GOULD, and JUDGE MORAN joined.


¶ 1 We consider in this case whether the state must prove that a defendant knew an item he possessed was "contraband" to convict the defendant under A.R.S. § 13-2505(A) of knowingly possessing contraband while being confined in a correctional facility or transported...

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