STATE v. MARTIN

No. 1542.

102 Ariz. 142 (1967)

426 P.2d 639

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Vernon Oliver MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Banc.

April 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen., Gary K. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jerry L. Smith, Coconino County Atty., for appellee.

Wilson, Compton & Stoops, Flagstaff, Dushoff, Sacks & Corcoran, by Robert J. Corcoran, Phoenix, for appellant.


BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Defendant was charged with First Degree Murder under A.R.S. § 13-452 in the death of one Wesley Hudman. He was tried in the Superior Court for Coconino County and found guilty of the charge. From this conviction and the imposition of the death penalty, the defendant appeals.

The facts are not in dispute. The defendant admittedly shot and killed Hudman. At trial he relied on his defense of insanity. On appeal defendant complains...

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