State v. Bousley

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

In this consolidated proceeding, we review two court of appeals opinions that addressed the same issue but reached opposite conclusions. State v. Bousley, 169 Ariz. 389, 819 P.2d 975 (App.1991); State v. Ellison, 169 Ariz. 424, 819 P.2d 1010 (App. 1991). We have jurisdiction under Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. § 12-120.24.

Factual and Procedural History

On January 5, 1990, a Maricopa County Grand Jury indicted codefendants Kirk Anthony Bousley and Samuel Henry Ellison on numerous counts of armed robbery. Bousley and Ellison later entered into separate written…