STATE v. GOVAN

No. 1 CA-CR 9606.

154 Ariz. 611 (1987)

744 P.2d 712

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Joe Paul GOVAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Denied October 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer III, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div. and John B. Barkley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Bendalin, LaRiche & Cook by S. Alan Cook, P.C., Phoenix, for appellant.


GREER, Judge.

On May 13, 1985, appellant was indicted on one count of second degree murder. Following a jury trial, he was convicted on October 18, 1985, of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to a mitigated term of imprisonment of six years.

The incident which gave rise to the criminal charges in this case occurred on April 5, 1980. The appellant and Ms. Sharon Keeble, with whom he had been living for three years, argued over the...

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