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STATE v. AKINS

No. 1270.

94 Ariz. 263 (1963)

383 P.2d 180

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Van AKINS, Sam Akins, and Bennie Akins, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

June 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson & Gibson, Phoenix, for appellants.

Robert W. Pickrell, Atty. Gen., David M. Lurie, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles N. Ronan, County Atty. of Maricopa County, for appellee.

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Appellants, Van Akins, Sam Akins and Bennie Akins, were charged with murder in the first degree, found guilty after trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal to this Court, urging that it was error for the court below to admit evidence of crimes distinct and independent from those with which they were charged.

On Sunday evening, October 29th, 1961, the appellants and two juveniles...

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