Tamborino v. Territory of Arizona

64 P. 492, 7 Ariz. 246, 1901 Ariz. LEXIS 44

• Court: Arizona Supreme Court
• Decided: March 19, 1901
• Docket: Criminal No. 142
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is a rehearing. The first hearing on appeal was in the January term, 1900, and judgment of affirmance was rendered by this court November 9, 1900, reported, ante, p. 194, 62 Pac. 693. The principal subject there discussed, and which was the question discussed upon the rehearing, was, Did the court commit error in allowing impeaching evidence against the statements of Stella -Carroll, a witness for the defendant1? Ye there said the question to he solved was not whether in fact Tamborino had shot Tovera, nor whether in fact Tovera had shot Tamborino, nor whether indeed either of them had been shot, but who had commenced the affray, or had it been commenced by Tamborino in such a way as to make the verdict of the jury of assault with a deadly weapon a correct verdict? Whether Tamborino had drawn his gun at the time the conflict commenced in such a way as to become the aggressor was an important inquiry. Stella Carroll was called as a witness for the defendant, was friendly to the defendant, and her evidence tended to show that Tamborino was not the aggressor. We still hold that her presence at the scene, her hasty departure,'the fact of á shot'being fired; and her evidence as to what, she says she did not see, made it perfectly proper cross-examination to ask her if she did not make other statements about the matter, and, if she denied that she had, to show by other witnesses the statements she did make. The judgment of the district court is affirmed.