State v. Wallace

UDALL, Justice.

The defendant, Chester Lee Wallace, was charged with the second degree murder of one Cody Hartzog on February 24, 1963. The trial of defendant began on May 2, 1963, and at its conclusion the defendant was found guilty as charged. He was sentenced to serve not less than 35 nor more than 40 years in the state prison at Florence, Arizona. He now appeals.

Defendant came to the Moses Coury Junk Yard in Chandler, Arizona on or about the 19th of February 1963 and transacted some business with a Mr. Jesse Coury, an employee of the yard. In the business exchange the defendant purchased a…