STATE v. RHODES

No. 2615.

110 Ariz. 237 (1973)

517 P.2d 507

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Jeannie Lou RHODES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., Moise Berger, Maricopa County Atty., by William F. Hyder, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for appellee.

Murray Miller and Philip M. Haggerty, Phoenix, for appellant.


HOLOHAN, Justice.

Jeannie Lou Rhodes was convicted of first degree murder in the death by strangulation of her mother. She was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The State's-theory of the case, based totally on circumstantial evidence, is that the defendant planned and carried out the murder of her mother in a cold and calculated manner. Although no motive was ever determined, the State was able to produce enough circumstantial evidence to convince the jury of...

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