State v. Wargo

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Judge.

Defendant stands convicted of aggravated assault on evidence showing that he shot the victim. His defense was self-defense. His appeal raises a single question, whether the trial court constitutionally erred in precluding, as a sanction for violation of discovery rules, the presentation of two defense witnesses. We have jurisdiction under A.R.S. § 13-4033 and affirm.

The day before trial, defense counsel notified the prosecutor that he had discovered two new witnesses who would testify to what he termed “collateral impeachment,” that the wife of the victim was…