STATE v. WEATHERHOLT

No. 4091-PR.

121 Ariz. 240 (1979)

589 P.2d 883

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Richard Allen WEATHERHOLT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

January 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Babbitt, Former Atty. Gen., Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer, III, and Crane McClennen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Law Offices of Erik M. O'Dowd by Bruce A. Burke, Tucson, for appellant.


HOLOHAN, Justice.

Appellant was charged with two counts of kidnapping to commit extortion and one count of first-degree murder for the slaying of Danny A. Ray. Pursuant to a plea agreement he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and the kidnapping counts were dismissed. Appellant was then sentenced to not less than 24 nor more than 25 years in the Arizona State Prison.

The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction but remanded the case for resentencing by...

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