State v. Churchill

PHELPS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and from orders denying defendant’s motion for dismissal in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial.

The facts, briefly outlined, show that on or about June 6, 1956, the defendant Ronald Otis Churchill, after an evening of drinking, was discovered at approximately 2 a. m. while burglarizing a room at the Paducah Hotel. He left the hotel and forced his way into the apartment of one John G. Gemelos located on North 4th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. He terrorized Mr. Gemelos for a period of approximately one hour, ransacked the…