Villegas v. Industrial Commission

Robert Lopez Jaramillo (defendant), Lino Flores, and Pete Moreno were charged with the first-degree murder of and deadly assault by a prisoner on a fellow inmate at the Arizona State Prison on January 3, 1984. Pursuant to separate but identical plea agreements, all three individuals pled guilty to first-degree murder and the state dropped the deadly assault charge. The trial judge imposed sentences of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years, with sentences to run consecutive to any sentences already being served.