State v. Gause

HAYS, Vice Chief Justice.

The appellant, William Gause, was tried and found guilty of the murder, of his estranged wife, Mary Ellen Gause. He appeals from his first degree murder conviction and sentence of death.

On or about the 6th of September, 1967, the body of Mary Ellen Gause was found in her automobile in the desert south of Tucson. A coroner’s inquest-was held, at which time appellant, his mother, and his brother, James, each testified that following the filing of a divorce action by Mary Ellen on or about August 11, 1967, each of them took turns following the decedent home from work,…