Legal Opinion

State v. Parle

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1974No. 2484PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLOHAN, Justice.

This appeal comes before us following appellant’s conviction, after a plea of guilty, of the charge of murder in the first degree. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arizona State Prison.

By this appeal appellant challenges the acceptance of his plea of guilty and his sentence of life imprisonment.

The relevant facts in the record are that on December 28, 1970, between 6:00 and 6:30 p. m., motorcycle patrolman Albert Bluhm was shot and killed by appellant who fired the fatal shot from the rear of a stolen pickup camper. Jon Merkel, who was driving the camper at…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Workman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
  5. State v. DarlingArizona Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. OlinghouseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. DiatchenkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. State v. JensenCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1998
  4. STATE EX REL. v. HamiltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. DavisArizona Supreme Court · 1975

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