Legal Opinion
State v. Montes
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 1983No. 5598PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
Juan Montes was tried and convicted of first degree felony murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105(A)(2) and armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge and to fourteen years for the robbery. We have jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to the Arizona Constitution, article .6, § 5 and A.R.S. § 13-4031.
In the Tivoli bar in downtown Phoenix on May 22, 1981, Montes and two companions, Bobby Saylor and Antonio Sapien, met their victim, Alfred Romero. Romero agreed to give the three men a ride home if they would purchase gasoline for his car. The…
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