State v. Williams

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from appellant’s conviction of first degree rape. His conviction stemmed from an episode which additionally led to the conviction of two other men for sexual crimes. Their appeals are also decided this day. State v. Smiley, 27 Ariz.App. 314, 554 P.2d 910; State v. Moore, 27 Ariz.App. 275, 554 P.2d 642. 1

The episode occurred in April of 1974 at an apartment complex in Tempe known as La Mancha, where appellant and other college students lived. On the evening in question, the prosecutrix, who was then 16 years old, had gone to the complex with two young…