State v. Francis

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

Appellant, Donald Lee Francis, was convicted of kidnapping in violation of A.R.S. § 13-492. Motion for new trial was denied and judgment of guilty was entered. This appeal under A.R.S. § 13-1713 followed.

In State v. Francis, 91 Ariz. 219, 371 P.2d 97 (1962), we affirmed appellant’s conviction for statutory rape of a sixteen year old girl. The present appeal from the kidnapping conviction arose out of the same set of facts. Appellant, pretending to be a juvenile officer, lured the girl into his car and took her to a deserted area where he raped her.

*58Since appellant makes only…