State v. Hinkle

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed kidnapping and sentenced to 60 to 90 years at the Arizona State Prison.

His primary contentions are that the corpus delicti was not established before his statements were introduced, and that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction.

The facts establishing the corpus of armed kidnapping are as follows. Appellant bought a pistol the day before the victim, Leslie Amos, disappeared. Leslie’s 6 year old son answered the phone about 7:00 a. m. on June 29, 1974. A male voice that the boy could not identify asked for Mrs. Amos. The…