Legal Opinion
State v. Conroy
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 14, 1982No. 1 CA-CR 5093PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OGG, Judge.
In this opinion we must determine if the trial court committed reversible error by precluding the defendant from impeaching a state’s material witness with the proof of a prior felony conviction. We find the trial court erred and we reverse.
The appellant/defendant, Thomas Joseph Conroy, was charged with two counts of molestation of a five year old female child, a class 2 felony. A.R.S. § 13-1410. The jury found him guilty of one count and acquitted him on the second count. Following entry of judgment of guilt on the one count, he was sentenced to the presumptive term of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. ClarkArizona Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. MosleyArizona Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. FlemingArizona Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
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