Legal Opinion
State v. Alford
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1965No. 1435PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNSTEIN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a death sentence imposed after a plea of guilty to three counts of first degree murder, charging appellant with the murder of three children, ages 11, 12 and 14.
The bodies of- the three children, each of whom had been shot twice, once with a .32 caliber revolver, and again with a .45 were discovered on the morning of June 6, 1963, in a wooded area one mile south of Highway 66 near Williams, Arizona. Marks on her body indicated that the 14 year old child had been beaten. Shots from the .45 were all fired after the children had fallen and the bullets…
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