STATE v. SCOTT

No. 3316.

113 Ariz. 423 (1976)

555 P.2d 1117

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Herschell Roy SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

September 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer, III, and Teresa S. Thayer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender, by Garth V. Smith, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for appellant.


HAYS, Justice.

Appellant Herschell Roy Scott was convicted, after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree, on May 8, 1975. He was sentenced to twenty years to life. He appealed this conviction and we have jurisdiction pursuant to the Arizona Constitution, art. 2, § 24, art. 6, § 5, and A.R.S. §§ 13-1711 and 12-120.21(A)(1).

The rape for which he was convicted was committed against appellant's natural daughter, Karen Diane Scott, who was...

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