During the interview with Detectives Campbell and Slack, Wright explained her husband was preparing two steaks for their dinner when he suggested they needed more meat, so she volunteered go to the store. 2 ♤ Wright did not testify at trial, but portions of her videotaped interview at the police station were admitted. Wright further informed officers that she hated She agreed to accompany a detective to the police station for an interview. In response to an officer s request for her clothing to conduct further testing, Wright changed clothes and gave to the officer a shirt different from the one she had been wearing, but similar in color.

When informed that the presence of fertilizer could result in a false positive, Wright stated she had been gardening that day. ♣ According to officers, Wright appeared intoxicated and distraught until an officer swabbed her hands for gunshot residue, at which point her behavior changed and she became very talkative and inquisitive about the accuracy of residue tests. on Lake the floor Havasu of City their Police The first officers to arrive noticed shell casings in the kitchen and dining area and observed the victim had sustained gunshot wounds and had been dead for a while.

On September 2, 2007, at 7:04 p.m., Wright called 911 to report finding her 73-year-old kitchen with blood officers responded. appeals her conviction and For the reasons that follow, FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ♢ to The trial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable sustaining the verdict and with all against Wright, revealed the following. James Attorneys for Appellant Flagstaff G E M M I L L, Judge ♡ Candice Lynne Wright sentence for second-degree murder. Cattani, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section and Angela Corrine Kebric, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Appellee Kaiser James Wilson PLLC By Jeffrey A. Horne, Attorney General Phoenix By Kent E. WILLINGHAM, CLERK BY: DLL DEPARTMENT B MEMORANDUM DECISION (Not for Publication Rule 111, Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court) Appeal from the Superior Court in Mohave County Cause No. 1 CA-CR 09-0670 DIVISION ONE FILED: RUTH A. 31.24 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF ARIZONA DIVISION ONE STATE OF ARIZONA, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Appellee, v. NOTICE: THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES.

Compel by Candice M. Wright