Legal Opinion
State v. Martinez
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 19, 1978No. 2 CA-CR 1351PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Judge.
Appellant Robert Martinez was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and was sentenced to a prison term of not less than 30 nor more than 60 years.
His first claim on appeal is that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to impeach two of his witnesses. At the time of the trial, the new Arizona Rules of Evidence were not yet in effect.
The testimony of Mr. Martinez’ mother and of his girlfriend, Rosa Teran, was central to his defense. Mrs. Martinez testified that Robert was wearing Levis and a blue sweatshirt on the day of the robbery, while the victim had said the…
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