STATE v. HOLMES

No. 2556.

110 Ariz. 494 (1974)

520 P.2d 1118

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. George Abbott HOLMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Peter Van Orman and R. Wayne Ford, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Paul G. Rosenblatt and Stan A. Lehman, Prescott, for appellant.


STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

The appellant, George Abbott Holmes, was convicted of child molesting with a prior felony conviction, a violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-653 and 13-1649, and appeals.

He first urges that he was prejudiced with the jury by reason of a newspaper story coming at the conclusion of the State's case, which six out of twelve jurors read. This newspaper story was on the front page of the local newspaper. It was headed, "Two Trials Begin with...

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