State v. Clark

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

The defendant, Willie James Clark, appeals from a conviction of second degree murder rendered in the Maricopa County Superior Court and from the imposition of a sentence of not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty years in the Arizona State Prison.

On January 21, 1972, at 1:20 p. m., the defendant was stopped while driving a pickup truck along the Black Canyon Freeway by Phoenix police officers after he ran two red lights. After an initial investigation, he was charged at the scene with drunken driving and brought in to the police station. He was given a “Breathalizer…