State v. Melot

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

Milford Glen Melot was charged with murder in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-451; 452; 453. He was tried by jury, convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of not less than nine nor more than ten years in the state penitentiary.

On July 22, 1969, defendant and his brother, Joe Melot, had been drinking a great deal at defendant’s home and they began arguing. The hostility became so intense that the defendant’s daughter-in-law Lynn Melot went outside the house. At that time she observed the defendant leave the house and procure a gun from his truck. Defendant…