State v. Maggard

LOCKWOOD, Vice Chief Justice:

Lee Maggard, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was tried and convicted for the crime of selling marijuana in violation of A.R.S. § 36-1002.07. Sentence was imposed for a term of five to six years at the Arizona State Prison.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and requests a new trial for the following reasons: that the chief witness for the prosecution, Chris Saez, repeatedly made statements accusing defendant of prior unrelated criminal conduct, and that defendant was deprived of his right of reasonable cross-examination of the state’s chief…