State v. Sainz

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

Appellants who are brothers, were jointly tried and convicted by a jury for the crime of aggravated assault under A.R.S. § 13-245, subsec. A, par. 7, as amended. From the judgments of guilt, they present this appeal.

Appellants lived with their parents on North Sixth Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. At 3:40 a. m. on December 4, 1970, the Tucson Police Department received a phone call from a woman who identified herself as Mrs. Sainz, indicating that she was being pursued by her son, who had a knife. Upon her request and direction, several police units containing at least five…