State v. Denton

BERNSTEIN, Vice Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from convictions in the Superior Court of Pima County on one count of rape and two counts of attempted rape. The attempted rape charges were tried August 17, 1965 and the rape charge was tried September 9, 1965. All three convictions are presented on this appeal.

The facts taken in a manner most favorable to support the verdict below, State v. Reyes, 99 Ariz. 257, 408 P.2d 400, are as follows: On the evening of April 19, 1965 the defendant entered a Tucson laundromat occupied only by the complaining witness, a 43-year-old mother of 13 children.…