State v. Koch

*101GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

On February 9, 1982, a jury found appellant guilty of first degree murder in violation of former A.R.S. §§ 13^451 and 452. On March 9, 1982, he was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for twenty-five years. This Court has jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3) and A.R.S. § 13-4031. The judgment of conviction and the sentence are affirmed.

On May 24, 1976, the body of Richard Johnson, whose hands were crippled by arthritis, was found near his car in the desert north of Tucson, Arizona. The investigation of the…