People v. Galimanis

PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant, Philip Leslie Galimanis, appeals the trial court judgment entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder, motor vehicle theft, and violent crime. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The operative facts of this case are not in dispute. In April 1983, the victim was found dead on the floor of her apartment. She had been beaten, stabbed, and decapitated. Police discovered that the victim’s car had been taken from the apartment complex and was still missing. Nearly twenty-nine hours later, police located the automobile and discovered defendant…