State v. Skinner

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the court sitting without a jury finding the defendant guilty of aggravated assault against his wife and sentencing him to a term of not less than one nor more than two years in the Arizona State Penitentiary.

We are called upon to determine:

1. Whether the court committed error by considering evidence of other crimes and acts of misconduct on the part of the defendant of which the defendant was previously acquitted.

2. Whether the court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence on the defendant which the defendant contends was greater…