Legal Opinion

State v. Staatz

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1988No. CR-86-0374-APPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*412HOLOHAN, Justice.

The defendant, Larry Staatz, was convicted of murder in the first degree and two counts of theft of property over $1,000. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder count and to concurrent 13.25 year terms on each of the theft counts, to be served consecutively to the life sentence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-4031. We affirm.

FACTS

The defendant met the victim, James Er-rara, when Errara gave him a ride when he was hitchhiking. The defendant and Er-rara became friendly, and Errara invited him to the trailer park where Errara lived. The defendant did…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  3. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Oregon v. BradshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. LeBlancArizona Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. EastlackArizona Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. RogovichArizona Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. WarnerCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1990

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