State v. Jones

HAYS, Justice.

The appellee, James G. Jones, was convicted by a jury of bribery, forgery, grand theft, grand theft by embezzlement, and petty theft by embezzlement. Subsequently, Jones was granted a new trial and the order was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. This court granted the appellant State of Arizona’s petition for review. The opinion of the Court of Appeals, 1 CA-CR 2396, filed May 9, 1978, is vacated and the trial court’s order granting a new trial is quashed.

James G. Jones was the director of the Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center, a state agency, between 1970 and 1974. His…