LOCKWOOD, Chief Justice.
Though this action originated as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, it is, and will be treated as, an appeal from the petitioner's convictions.
Defendant, an inmate of the Arizona State Prison, was a member of a "work gang" of thirty prisoners assigned to clean out a ditch on the prison farm under the supervision of three armed guards mounted on horseback.
Shortly after noon on June 11, 1963 some of the prisoners staged...
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