STATE v. CORNEJO

Nos. 1 CA-CR 5858, 1 CA-CR 5859.

139 Ariz. 204 (1983)

677 P.2d 1312

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Ruben CORNEJO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

Reconsideration Denied December 21, 1983.

Review Denied March 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Criminal Division, Linda A. Akers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Engdahl, Jerman & Estep by Thomas E. Haney, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

The major issues in this appeal deal with whether the trial court properly ascertained that a paid police informer used in connection with a police-sponsored "sting operation" could invoke his privilege against self incrimination and if properly invoked, what are the effects of that invocation on defendant's due process rights.

The defendant, Ruben Cornejo, and a co-defendant, Donald Downing, were each charged with two...

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