Legal Opinion

State v. Lawson

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1985No. 6124PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAMERON, Justice.

Defendant, Calvin Arthur Lawson, was convicted and adjudged guilty of first degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105(A)(2); burglary in the second degree, A.R.S. § 13-1507; kidnapping, A.R.S. §§ 13-1304(A)(3) and (4); and robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1902. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for twenty-five years for the murder, A.R.S. § 13-703; ten years for the burglary charge, §§ 13-701, -702; fourteen years for the kidnapping charge, §§ 13-701, -702; and five years for the robbery, §§ 13-701, -702. All sentences were to run concurrently. We have…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  5. State v. GrannisArizona Supreme Court · 1995

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