Wiley v. State
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Santa Cruz. W. A. O’Connor, Judge. Reversed and remanded, with directions as to Joseph L. Wiley and Ramon Salazar. STATEMENT OF FACTS BY THE COURT. The appellants were informed against and tried jointly upon the charge of murder alleged to have been committed on the twelfth day of April, 1916, in Pima county, Arizona, in the billing of one Mary Josephine Walsh Bates.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Santa Cruz. W. A. O’Connor, Judge. Reversed and remanded, with directions as to Joseph L. Wiley and Ramon Salazar. STATEMENT OF FACTS BY THE COURT. The appellants were informed against and tried jointly upon the charge of murder alleged to have been committed on the twelfth day of April, 1916, in Pima county, Arizona, in the billing of one Mary Josephine Walsh Bates. They were convicted of murder in the second degree. In their appeal they complain that the court erred in the admission of evidence, in misdirecting the jury as to the…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
(After Stating the Pacts as Above). — The complaint as to the admission of evidence is without merit and will not be noticed. The court instructed the jury upon the theory that appellants, and each of them, might be found guilty under the facts as above detailed, of murder in the first degree, or murder in the second degree, or voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. The question is, Did the court give the law applicable to the facts, or did he misdirect the jury or fail to direct them as to, the. law pertinent to the facts of the case?
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