State v. Hall

OPINION

KLEIN SCHMIDT, Judge.

Appellant John Richard Hall was tried in absentia to a jury and convicted of two counts of aggravated assault, class 3 felonies, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1204(A)(2). Because the indictment charged the use of a deadly weapon and the jury returned verdicts finding the use of a deadly weapon, appellant was sentenced under the enhanced punishment provisions of A.R.S. § 13-604(G). He received concurrent sentences of twelve years imprisonment.

The facts are that on the afternoon of February 11, 1981, the victim was hitchhik ing from Flagstaff to Phoenix and was picked…