State v. Zakhar

UDALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant, James Zakhar, was charged, in four counts, with kidnapping, with intent to commit rape, lewd and lascivious; acts, attempted second degree rape, and aggravated assault, in violation of A.R.S. 13 — 492, subsec. A, 13-652, 13-611, subsec. B, and 13-245 respectively. A jury found him guilty of the first two offenses and not guilty of the last two.

The 17-year-old complaining witness testified that while she was walking down the street in northwest Phoenix one evening, defendant stopped his car, struck up a conversation with her, and beguiled her into taking a ride…