STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 1 CA-CR 12-0726.

323 P.3d 748 (2014)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Juan Francisco LOPEZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

May 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arizona Attorney General's Office By Andrew Reilly , Phoenix, Counsel for Appellee.

Maricopa County Public Defender's Office By Stephen J. Whelihan , Phoenix, Counsel for Appellant.


OPINION

CATTANI, Judge.

¶ 1 Juan Francisco Lopez appeals his conviction and sentence for arson of an occupied structure. Lopez asserts that the trial court (1) incorrectly instructed the jurors that, under a "transferred knowledge" theory, Lopez's mental state in knowingly burning a tarp could establish that he knowingly burned an occupied structure, and (2) improperly excluded two types of admissible evidence. For reasons that follow, we conclude that...

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