Legal Opinion
State v. Martin
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1967No. 1542PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Defendant was charged with First Degree Murder under A.R.S. § 13-452 in the death of one Wesley Hudman. He was tried in the Superior Court for Coconino County and found guilty of the charge. From this conviction and the imposition of the death penalty, the defendant appeals.
The facts are not in dispute. The defendant admittedly shot and killed Hudman. At trial he relied on his defense of insanity. On appeal defendant complains of a wrongful deprivation of the opportunity, one, to present his own defense, two, to take the stand on his own behalf, and three, to properly…
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