State v. Lockwood

OPINION

VÁSQUEZ, Judge.

¶ 1 After a jury trial, Regina Lockwood was convicted of conspiring to conceal or abandon a human body in violation of A.R.S. § 13-2926. The trial court suspended imposition of sentence and placed her on three years’ probation. On appeal, Lockwood argues the fetal remains at issue in this case do not constitute a “dead human body” for purposes of the statute and, absent any evidence of a live birth, her conviction must be reversed. For the reasons that follow, we reverse Lockwood’s conviction and vacate her probationary term.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 Because…