Legal Opinion
State v. Green
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1975No. 2807PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
James Dial Green waived trial by jury and was tried by the court. He was convicted of murder and arson for which offenses he was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment and 15 to 20 years. A timely appeal was filed.
The record discloses that the body of the deceased Mattie M. Rhodes was discovered by fire fighters as they attempted to extinguish a fire at her home. When one of the firemen observed stab wounds on the chest of the deceased, the police were called,- and a homicide investigation begun.
The investigation developed evidence which convinced the. police that…
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