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- Title: State v. Morales
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 12, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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The facts necessary for a determination of this matter on appeal are as follows. On 10 April 1976, Tony Calistro and Cruz Martinez went to a store to purchase beer and while there met Ruben Melendez and Morales. After obtaining beer and whiskey, the four walked to the backyard of defendants home. All four had been drinking during the day, and Martinez testified that he had injected himself with heroin about 10:00 a. m. that day. Melendez and Morales began wrestling and Calistro made remarks to them. Angered by his comments, Melendez knocked Calistro down and hit him. Morales and Martinez joined Melendez in hitting and kicking Calistro. They then removed his clothing and carried him to a nearby park which contained playground equipment. They put the victim on the merry-go-round and spun it for a few minutes. Following this, they put him on the ground and kicked and beat him. At some point, Martinez left and returned with a garden hoe and yellow paint. The victim was sodomized by Melendez, paint was poured on him, the handle of the hoe was thrust into his rectum several times, and he was tied to a concrete climbing device. At some time during the night, he received 19 stab wounds. The following morning his body was found with his clothes tied around his neck, arms and feet. The cause of death was multiple stab wounds to the chest. According to Martinez testimony, the three returned to Morales home and the defendant told Martinez that he had stabbed the victim and was going to return to the park to "finish him off."
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