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Date: 05-09-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Murphy Alex Begay
Case Number: 18-cr-8107
Judge: Steven P. Logan
Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona (Maricopa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: William G. Voit and Dimitra H. Sampson
Defendant's Attorney: Adam K. Zickerman and Philip A. Seplow
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Description:
Phoenix, AZ - Jury Convicts Pinon Man for Rape of 11 Year-Old Victim
Murphy Alex Begay, 41, of Pinon, Ariz., was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
In March 2012, Begay lured the 11 year-old victim outside the mother’s house during the night, where he forcibly raped the victim in a dirt field. Both Begay and the victim are members of the Navajo Nation, and the crime was committed on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation.
Begay is a convicted felon. At the time he raped the victim, he was serving a term of supervised release for previously shooting an unarmed man.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Charge:
18:1153, 2241(c) and 2246 - CIR: Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child
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Outcome: Guilty
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