State v. Taylor

UDALL, Justice.

The defendant, Walter Taylor, was charged with the crime of robbery committed on or about August 1, 1963 and was convicted by a jury of the crime charged, on November 14, 1963. Later he was sentenced to serve a term in the state penitentiary at Florence, Arizona. From the verdict and sentence the defendant appeals.

The victim, a soldier from Williams Air Base, came to the Torch Tavern at Third Street and' Washington, in Phoenix, on the evening of August 1, 1963. At about ten p. m. he left the Tavern to attend a dance being held two or three blocks away. When he attempted to…