Legal Opinion
State v. MacUmber
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 13, 1976No. 3122PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
William Wayne Macumber was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder. He was sentenced to serve two concurrent terms of life imprisonment, and now appeals. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to article 2, section 24 and article 6, section 5 of the Arizona Constitution and ARS § 12-120.01.
The appellant first contends that the trial judge erred in excluding Charles M. Byers from testifying as an expert witness. A critical item of evidence linking Macumber to the murders was the fact that shell casings found at the scene allegedly were marked in being discharged from the…
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