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STATE v. MELENDEZ

No. CR-91-0142-PR.

172 Ariz. 68 (1992)

834 P.2d 154

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

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by Jill Thorpe, Catherine M. Shovlin, Tucson, for appellant.

James W. Cochran, Tucson, for appellee.

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Paul J. McMurdie, Crane McClennen, Phoenix, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

Ruben Melendez (Defendant) was indicted for first degree murder for the 1987 killing of a fellow inmate at the Arizona State Prison in Tucson. Before trial, the trial court granted a number of Defendant's suppression motions, including a motion to suppress communications made to another inmate who had served as one of Defendant's "jailhouse lawyers" in preparation for a prison disciplinary proceeding arising from the killing...

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