State v. Barnes

HAYS, Justice.

Olf Dempsey Barnes appeals from convictions on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon while armed with a hatchet. Appellant was sentenced to not less than ten years nor more than life on each count, all counts to run concurrently.

We have jurisdiction under Art. VI, § 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and Rule 47(e)(5), Rules of the Supreme Court.

FACTS

About 4:00 a. m. on February 22, 1978, appellant’s wife, Delois, awoke to find him, a hatchet in hand, emerging from the bedroom of their youngest daughter. When his wife asked what he had done to the family, appellant replied,…