State v. Encinas

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

Appellant Joseph Albert Encinas and co-defendant Darrick L. Gerlaugh were convicted of first degree murder, A.R.S. § 13-1105, armed robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1904, and kidnapping, A.R.S. § 13-1304. The trial court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for twenty-five years on the murder charge, A.R.S. § 13-703, and twenty-one years each on the other charges, A.R.S. §§ 13-701, -702. All sentences were ordered to run concurrently. Appellant appealed all three convictions. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5(3) and…