Legal Opinion
State v. Wallace
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1986No. 6584PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAYS, Justice.
Defendant, James Granvil Wallace, pled guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105, and two counts of armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904. The trial judge sentenced defendant to death on each first degree murder count and to concurrent sentences of twenty-one years on each armed robbery count. Defendant appeals from these sentences. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031, -4035.
On February 2, 1984, defendant telephoned the Tucson Police Department to report that he had killed three people. Defendant told police…
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