State v. Jones

FELDMAN, Justice.

On April 16, 1983, at approximately 8:00 p.m., petitioner was driving his vehicle westbound on Guadalupe Road in Tempe, Maricopa County. He was driving 55 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. In what may have been an unsuccessful suicide attempt, he aimed his car at a telephone pole but instead hit a guard rail, lost control, crossed the centerline and collided head-on with another car. As a result of that collision, a passenger in the other car suffered a serious spinal injury resulting in partial paralysis.

Petitioner was indicted for aggravated assault, a class two, dangerous…