State v. Mena

GORDON, Justice:

Defendant Jamie Mena was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, escape and disorderly conduct following an incident during which Stephen Koors was attacked by three assailants and stabbed with a steak knife outside a bar in Pinal County, Arizona. Defendant sought reversal of his convictions for aggravated assault and escape in the Court of Appeals on three grounds: (1) admission of testimony from the victim without proper foundation regarding his pretrial hypnosis, (2) insufficient evidence of arrest to support a conviction of escape, and (3) denial of effective assistance…