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IN THE

ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee,

v.

JASON CHRISTOPHER LINDSEY, JR., Appellant.

No. 1 CA-CR 19-0079 

Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County

No. CR 2015-108749-001

The Honorable Michael J. Herrod, Judge

AFFIRMED

COUNSEL

Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix

By Joseph T. Maziarz

Counsel for Appellee

Bain & Lauritano PLC, Glendale

By Sheri M. Lauritano

Counsel for Appellant

FILED 2-18-2020
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MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Jennifer B. Campbell delivered the decision of the Court, 

in which Judge Lawrence F. Winthrop and Judge Michael J. Brown joined.

C A M P B E L L, Judge:

¶1 This appeal is presented to us pursuant to Anders v. California, 

386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297 (1969). Defense counsel 

has searched the record on appeal and advised us there are no meritorious 

grounds for reversal. Lindsey was given the opportunity to file a 

supplemental brief but did not do so. Our obligation is to review the entire 

record for reversible error, State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530, 537, ¶ 30 (App. 1999), 

viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the 

conviction and resolving all reasonable inferences against Lindsey, State v. 

Guerra, 161 Ariz. 289, 293 (1989). 

BACKGROUND

¶2 In February 2015, four friends were hanging out on a Friday 

evening. They all piled into a car to go pick up one of the victim’s brothers

from a basketball game at a local high school. The driver parked in front of 

the school’s gym and waited while the rest of the group went inside. The 

group could not find the brother in the gym, so they returned to the car. 

While walking back to the car, a group of people, including Lindsey, started 

yelling at them. The victims got back into the car and drove away. Lindsey

and his group of friends followed the victims to an intersection and pulled 

up next to them.

¶3 While both cars were stopped at the intersection, Lindsey 

took out a gun and fired multiple shots at the victims’ car, hitting it three 

times. The front seat passenger was shot once in the forehead and once in 

the cheek. The victims sped away to a nearby Walmart and parked by the 

front door. The three unharmed victims got out of the car and went inside 

Walmart to find help. The injured victim was eventually transported to a 

hospital where she was pronounced dead.

¶4 During this time, police located the car Lindsey was in and 

followed it back to an apartment complex. When police initiated a traffic 

stop, Lindsey got out of the car, ran though the complex, threw the gun 
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away, and ran to his mother’s apartment, losing the police officer who was 

chasing him. That same night, police found Lindsey inside his mother’s

apartment and arrested him. The gun used to shoot the victim was also 

found inside the complex. 

¶5 Lindsey was charged with first-degree murder, drive-byshooting, and three counts of aggravated assault. The State alleged the use 

of a deadly weapon and physical, emotional, or financial harm to the 

victims and their families as aggravating circumstances. 

¶6 At trial, Lindsey testified that when his car pulled up next to 

the victims’ car, the driver flashed gang signs and cursed at him. Then 

someone in his car asked, “you gonna let him talk to you like that?” 

Lindsey testified that he was then handed a gun and “rack[ed]” it. Lindsey 

admitted that he was the one who shot from the car and caused the victim’s 

death, but testified that he did not intend to shoot the gun and was only 

trying to scare the victims. Lindsey also admitted that he racked the gun to 

make sure that a round was in the chamber and admitted that the intent of

racking a gun is to fire it. 

¶7 After a 13-day trial, the jury found Lindsey guilty of firstdegree murder, drive-by-shooting, and three counts of aggravated assault. 

The jury also found that the State had proved that the offenses involved the 

use of a deadly weapon as an aggravating circumstance. Lindsey was 

sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder, 10.5 years 

imprisonment for the drive-by-shooting, and 7.5 years imprisonment for 

each aggravated assault conviction. Lindsey was given 1441 days of 

presentence incarceration credit. Lindsey timely appealed. 

DISCUSSION

¶8 After a thorough review of the record, we find no reversible 

error. Clark, 196 Ariz. at 541, ¶ 50. The record reflects Lindsey was present 

and represented by counsel at all critical stages of the proceedings. The 

evidence presented supports the convictions, and the sentences imposed 

fall within the range permitted by law. As far as the record reveals, these 

proceedings were conducted in compliance with the Arizona Rules of 

Criminal Procedure and Lindsey’s constitutional and statutory rights. 

Therefore, we affirm Lindsey’s convictions and sentences.

¶9 Unless defense counsel finds an issue that may be 

appropriately submitted to the Arizona Supreme Court, her obligations are 

fulfilled once she informs Lindsey of the outcome of this appeal and his

future options. State v. Shattuck, 140 Ariz. 582, 584–85 (1984). Lindsey has 
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30 days from the date of this decision to proceed, if he wishes, with a pro 

per motion for reconsideration or petition for review.

CONCLUSION

¶10 For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.