State v. Valenzuela

OPINION

FROEB, Chief Judge,

Division 1.

Appellant was tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Ernest Miranda and sentenced to serve a term of not less than five nor more than seven years imprisonment in the Arizona State Prison. On appeal, he urges the following grounds as error:

1. The trial court erred in finding an inculpatory statement made by the defendant after his arrest to be voluntary;

2. the trial court erred in refusing to declare a defense witness to be hostile; and

3. the trial court erred in refusing defendant’s jury instruction…