Escobar v. State

Ramon Escobar, hereinafter called appellant, was charged in the superior court of Maricopa county with the murder of his wife, Luisa Escobar. He was tried therefor, and the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at death, from which conviction he prosecutes this appeal. Appellant offered no evidence at the trial, and the undisputed evidence shows the facts of the homicide to be as follows:

Appellant and his wife, the deceased, had been separated for some time, and the latter had been living with her parents on a ranch near Glendale, Arizona. About November…