Legal Opinion
State v. Celaya
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 1983No. 5288PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
Jerry Celaya was convicted of armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904, and first degree felony-murder, A.R.S. § 13 — 1105(A)(2). He was sentenced to life on the murder charge and to a concurrent term of ten and one-half years for the robbery. We have jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6 § 5 and A.R.S. § 13-4031.
On November 30, 1979, Jerry Celaya and John Walker, an undercover narcotics agent with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), met at the Tucson airport to conduct a sale of cocaine. After the purported exchange of drugs took place, the appellant shot and…
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