STATE v. SIMS

No. 1468.

99 Ariz. 301 (1965)

409 P.2d 17

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Robert Lee SIMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Pickrell, former Atty. Gen., Norman E. Green, County Atty. of Pima County, William J. Schafer, III, First Asst. County Atty. of Pima County, John L. Augustine, Deputy County Atty. of Pima County, for appellee.

William E. Hildebrandt, Tucson, for appellant.


STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.

Appellant Robert Lee Sims and one Leo G. Davis were charged with the murder of Glendell M. Soape. Davis entered a plea of guilty, testified for the State and thereafter received a sentence of life imprisonment. Sims was convicted of first degree murder by a jury which fixed the punishment at death. From the conviction and sentence, this appeal by Sims has been taken.

On May 23, 1963, near the town of Sahuarita, in Pima County...

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