Legal Opinion
State v. Moran
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1986No. 6753-PRPublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FELDMAN, Justice.
On November 16, 1984, a jury convicted William Moran (defendant) of one count of child molestation and two counts of sexual abuse. A.R.S. §§ 13-1404, 13-1410. The crimes allegedly were committed on his daughter. He was sentenced to fourteen years for child molestation and two and one-half years for each sexual abuse count. The court of appeals affirmed. State v. Moran, 151 Ariz. 373, 728 P.2d 243 (App.1985).
At trial, defendant’s daughter recanted her allegations that she had been sexually abused by her father. There was no physical evidence of abuse. Consequently, the only…
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