STATE v. GONZALES

No. 2587.

111 Ariz. 38 (1974)

523 P.2d 66

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Phillip Lyle GONZALES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Peter M. Van Orman and Stanley L. Patchell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by Anne Kappes, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAYS, Chief Justice.

Defendant Phillip Lyle Gonzales was charged with murder by torture, rape, and grand theft of an automobile. The victim, although an adult, was a mute with the mental capacity of a five-year-old child. The defense was insanity. After a trial to the court, without a jury, the defendant was found guilty on all counts and was sentenced. He appealed and asserts some eleven questions for our determination.

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