State v. Rowe

HAYS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Charles Dwayne Rowe, was charged with second-degree murder for the murder of his foster child, Patricia Jo Ella Hanson. He entered a plea of not guilty on April 13, 1971. On May 12, the State filed an amended information charging Rowe with voluntary manslaughter in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-456 and 13-457, subsec. A and dismissed a companion case. Defendant pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and on May 24, 1971, the trial judge entered judgment and sentenced him to serve from nine to ten years.

On appeal, the public defender was appointed by the court as…