State v. Nelson

HAYS, Justice.

Appellant, Donald Kenneth Nelson, was found guilty of first degree murder and first degree burglary and was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of life imprisonment on the murder conviction and five years imprisonment on the burglary conviction. We take jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-4031 and affirm.

Appellant’s convictions stem from his participation in a liquor store robbery on the evening of November 25, 1978 in which an attendant was fatally shot by Nelson’s accomplice, Edward McLoughlin. The shooting was witnessed by Edgar Kuykendall, the victim’s co-worker, as he was…