State v. Mesquita

STEVENS, Presiding Judge.

After a jury trial, Joe Mesquita, the appellant herein and hereafter referred to as the defendant, was adjudged to be the father of a boy born on 3 October 1970. The mother testified the child was a full-term child, and that he was 21" long and weighed 8 lbs. 5 ozs. at birth. The terms of the judgment fulfilled the requirements of A.R.S. § 12-845 as that section existed prior to the 1971 amendments. The defendant appealed. His opening brief presents the following questions for our consideration:

“I. Did the Trial Court err in refusing to allow the Defendant to ask the…