STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 1 CA-CR 4883.

135 Ariz. 588 (1982)

663 P.2d 580

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Sally Catherine LAWRENCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, Department C.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1982.

Review Granted December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div. and Diane M. Ramsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Feder Law Office, P.A. by Bruce Feder, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether Arizona's penal provisions establishing the crime of unlawful imprisonment may be applied to the factual circumstances of this case involving the confinement by appellant of her four year old daughter overnight in a rental storage locker. We hold that appellant's conviction must be reversed because the evidence will not support a conviction on the charge of unlawful imprisonment. Although appellant...

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