State v. Piedra

OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was conyicted in the Maricopa County Superior Court of the crime of possession of a pistol by a felon,' in violation of A.R.S. § 13-919. The issues presented to this Court on appeal are: (1) whether the justice of the peace who signed the com plaint had jurisdiction to issue the complaint against appellant; (2) whether the trial court should have excluded the testimony of the state’s fingerprint expert; and (3) whether the court properly admitted a certified copy of a prior conviction which included a fingerprint sheet.

The facts which give rise to this…