State v. Lujan

GORDON, Justice:

Defendant Manuel Thomas Lujan appeals his convictions and sentences following a jury trial, for murder of the first degree, A.R.S. § 13 — 452, 1 and burglary of the first degree, A.R.S. § 13-302. Defendant was sentenced to fourteen to fifteen years imprisonment for burglary, and he was sentenced to death for murder. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to present A.R.S. § 13 — 4031.

The basic facts according to the testimony at trial are as follows. On the evening of Saturday, April 8, 1978, defendant Lujan and three other young men, Vargas, Garcia, and Hernandez were riding…