State v. Pearce

OPINION

STEVENS, Judge.

Terry Lee Pearce [defendant] was convicted with each of three counts charging him with exhibiting a gun in a threatening manner, an offense under A.R.S. § 13-916. 1 This appeal followed:

Two questions are presented on this appeal :

1. Was it error to refuse to give the defendant’s requested instruction which would have advised the jury that the State was required to prove a specific intent ? and

2. Was it error to grant the State’s motion in limine which ruling precluded the defense attorney from asking the defendant on direct examination whether he had a prior felony…