Legal Opinion
Vo v. Superior Court
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 30, 1992No. 1 CA-SA 91-327PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Judge.
In this special action from the trial court’s denial of defendants’ motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, to remand to the grand jury for a redetermination of probable cause, we must decide whether the killing of a fetus can constitute first degree murder under A.R.S. § 13-1105.
Facts and Procedural Background
Nghia Hugh Vo and Richard Paredez (petitioners) are co-defendants in superior court, charged by indictment with, among other things, two counts of first degree murder in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1105, for the deaths of an adult victim, a pregnant female, and her…
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