State v. Parker

HAYS, Justice.

Earl Parker, Jr., hereinafter appellant, was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, to wit, a gun, by a jury in May, 1976. A previous trial on the same charge had ended in a mistrial as the result of a defense motion. Shortly thereafter, appellant was convicted of a violation of A.R.S. § 13-919, “Possession of [a] pistol by [a] criminal,” by a judge of the Superior Court of Maricopa County. On the former offense he was sentenced to not less than ten years, nor more than twelve. For the latter, he received not less than four years, nine months, nor more than five years.

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