State v. Kreps

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice.

After a jury trial, defendant, Stephen James Kreps, was convicted of first degree murder in the shooting death of his girl friend, Tammi Zingarelli. The trial court filed a special verdict pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-703 and sentenced defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

During the early morning hours of January 9,1984, numerous tenants of a Phoenix apartment complex were awakened by an argument between a man and woman and by gunshots. The testimony of these witnesses differed in some respects.

Debra Poison testified that she…