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STATE v. CHASE

No. 1053.

78 Ariz. 240 (1954)

278 P.2d 423

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Mrs. Jean CHASE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

December 28, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross F. Jones, Atty. Gen., Earl E. Weeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Douglas Peterson, V.L. Hash and Robert Bernstein, Phoenix, for appellee.

PHELPS, Chief Justice.

On December 1, 1953, Jean Chase, defendant-appellee herein, was convicted in the superior court of Maricopa County of murder in the first degree by a jury of her peers which fixed the punishment at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary at Florence. On the 16th day of December, 1953, the trial court on motion of defendant for a new trial granted said motion from which order the State of Arizona...

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