State v. Griffin

STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

Larry Lee Griffin was convicted of robbery in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-641 and 13-643, and appeals. Judgment affirmed.

On February 11, 1976, Haywood Fields was robbed by two men. They forcibly held him, took money from his wallet and a rifle from his house before they left.

Appellant first urges that his arrest was illegal and, consequently, certain of the evidence should have been suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree. He claims the arrest was illegal for two reasons: first, that there was no probable cause for the arrest, and, second, that the arrest was…