State v. Jordan

WINDES, Justice.

Defendant Richard Lewis Jordan appeals from judgment finding him guilty of mur der in the first degree and sentencing him to death.

On May 24, 1954, in the early evening, defendant visited the Club Esquire, a night club in Tucson, Arizona and at that time was introduced to one Phyllis Mae Thompson who had stopped at the Club to deliver a message to the manager. After about an hour, during which time defendant drank some beer and Miss Thompson a soft drink, they left the Club Esquire together and went to the Tropical Inn, also a night club in Tucson. Here defendant again drank…