State v. Navarro

UDALL, Justice.

Defendant, Arnold Ballesteros Navarro, appeals from a conviction of and a five to six year prison sentence for the rape by deception of one Dora Alice Gonzales, This case is one of first impression in Arizona in that in involves the first conviction obtained under A.R.S. § 13-611, subd. 6 (1956) which defines the crime of rape to-include the situation:

“Where the female submits under a belief that the person committing the act is her husband, and this belief is induced by any artifice, pretense or concealment practiced by the accused with intent to induce such belief.” 1

The…