State v. Hall

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Ralph Hall and Richard Ha-gen, were convicted of first degree murder and first degree conspiracy. They were sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment on the murder charge and ten to twenty-five years on the conspiracy charge and appeal. Affirmed.

Appellants and the deceased, Robert Phillips, were inmates at the Arizona State Prison. On November 1, 1977, appellant Hall and another member of a prison group called “Bad Company” were standing outside the door to a prison dormitory. Inside the dormitory, appellant Hagen, also a member of “Bad…