Legal Opinion
State v. Dansdill
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided May 28, 2019No. 2 CA-CR 2017-0185PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ECKERSTROM, Chief Judge:
*994¶1 Patrick Dansdill appeals from his convictions and sentences for first-degree felony murder and attempted armed robbery. We reject his claims that he was vindictively prosecuted and that the state presented insufficient evidence to support the charge of attempted armed robbery. However, the prosecutor presented an improper argument during his summation, and the state has not proven that error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We therefore reverse Dansdill's convictions and sentences and remand this case for a new trial.
Factual and Procedural Background
¶2 We…
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