Legal Opinion
State v. Sims
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 1965No. 1468PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice.
Appellant Robert Lee Sims and one Leo G. Davis were charged with the murder of Glendell M. Soape. Davis entered a plea of guilty, testified for the State and thereafter received a sentence of life imprisonment. Sims was convicted of first degree murder by a jury which fixed the punishment at death. From the conviction and sentence, this appeal by Sims has been taken.
On May 23, 1963, near the town of Sahuarita, in Pima County, Arizona, the body of Soape, an insurance salesman, was found in a barley field a short distance from the side of a dirt road. At the edge…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- People v. . ShilitanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- State v. BeardenArizona Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. GilbertIdaho Supreme Court · 1943
- People v. WallinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. RichmondArizona Supreme Court · 1976
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- State v. TisonArizona Supreme Court · 1981
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- State v. BallesterosArizona Supreme Court · 1966
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