STATE v. KARSTETTER

No. 2787.

110 Ariz. 539 (1974)

521 P.2d 626

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Corey Axon KARSTETTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by Michael C. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Paul J. Prato, Former Deputy Public Defender, and John Foreman, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAYS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Corey Karstetter, appeals from a guilty verdict and a life sentence, for the crime of first degree murder.

Defendant, at the time of his extremely brutal crime, was 27 years old and had an I.Q. of 130. In the evening of October 15, 1972, while employed as a security guard at Mesa Community College, he entered the pantry where a fifty-year-old woman was working. He helped her lift a heavy tray from the freezer and carry it...

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