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Luciano Arriaga falsely convicted of assaulting a Phoenix Cop
by Nobody
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at 12:58 PM
Another Innocent Person goes to Jail!!!!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2005
Arizona Republic
Section B, Page 4
In aggravated assault, 3rd time is no charm
Phoenix – After standing trial three times for hitting a Phoenix police officer with a two-by-four, a Glendale man was convicted of aggravated assault in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday.
Luciano Arriaga, 38 already had one conviction for the same crime overturned on appeal because of a judge’s error. His first trial ended in a hung jury.
The charge stemmed from an altercation with a Phoenix police officer in 2002.
The officer saw Arriaga roll through a stop sign, and when Arriaga got out of his car to walk into a body shop, the officer followed him.
During the ensuing tussle, Arriaga grabbed a two-by-four and struck the officer. Arriaga was charged with resisting arrest and aggravated assault.
In September 2002, a jury found him guilty of resisting arrest, but deadlocked on the assault charge. That conviction was overturned in August 2004.
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