STATE v. GAUSE

No. 2099.

107 Ariz. 491 (1971)

489 P.2d 830

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. William GAUSE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer and William Dixon, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Bernard I. Rabinovitz and William L. Berlat, Tucson, for appellant.


HAYS, Vice Chief Justice.

The appellant, William Gause, was tried and found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife, Mary Ellen Gause. He appeals from his first-degree murder conviction and sentence of death.

On or about the 6th of September, 1967, the body of Mary Ellen Gause was found in her automobile in the desert south of Tucson. A coroner's inquest was held, at which time appellant, his mother, and his brother, James, each testified that following...

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