Riley v. State of Arizona

Frank Riley, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of the crime of assault with a deadly weapon upon one Page Theirs, in the superior court of Mohave county, and was sentenced to serve not more than ten nor less then eight years in the Arizona State Prison.

There is a sharp conflict in the evidence admitted at the trial, and counsel for the State and for the defendant each naturally takes that view of the evidence which supports his theory of the case. Since the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant, under our oft-repeated rule we are compelled to adopt the State’s…