State v. Brooks

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from his conviction by a jury for the crime of theft from the person and a sentence of not less than two nor more than ten years.

The victim of the theft, Larche Dunn, was arrested by the Phoenix police near midnight for driving while intoxicated. He was taken from the place of his arrest to the city jail in a police vehicle commonly described as a “paddy wagon.” The vehicle contained another man, Ben Perez, at this time. On the way to the police station, the vehicle stopped and picked up three others, the defendant Brooks and two…