STATE v. PETERSON

No. 2170.

107 Ariz. 268 (1971)

485 P.2d 1158

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Richard Dale PETERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

June 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Carl Waag, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

McVay & Bradford, Phoenix, for appellant.


STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

Richard Peterson, appellant herein, was tried, found guilty of robbery, rape and kidnapping, and duly sentenced therefor. He appeals.

At about 2:00 a.m. on May 29, 1969, the prosecuting witness, hereinafter called the victim, was returning to her home, driving a pickup truck, after taking her husband to the Phoenix, Arizona airport. As she stopped at a stop sign, three men opened the door of the pickup, forced her at gunpoint to...

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