State v. Valenzuela

HAYS, Chief Justice.

Joe Valenzuela, defendant, was convicted of robbery, aggravated battery, and forgery, and was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 12-15 years, 4-5 years, and 4-5 years respectively.

His attorney feels that there are no real issues to appeal, but has filed an "Anders" brief, setting out four possible areas of error.

Edward Fields, Jr., a University of Arizona student, testified as follows: He was walking home about 1:30 A.M. from a party, in Tucson, when he was offered a ride home by defendant, who was a passenger in a dark-colored Maverick. After Fields got in the car,…