State v. Ulin

HAYS, Justice.

John Thomas Ulin was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to a term of ten years to life in the Arizona State Prison. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to the Ariz. Const. art. 2, § 4 and art. 6, § S, and A.R.S. § 12-120.21.

Appellant was accused of beating to death his four-year-old stepdaughter.

On August 29, 1974 appellant and his wife were residing with the daughters of the wife’s former marriage, one of whom was the victim. That morning appellant could not find his comb. When the girls were unable to find it, he punished them. The babysitter heard the sounds of…