State v. Zaragosa

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment of guilt to the crime of grand theft (auto). A.R.S. §§ 13-661 and 13-663. We are called upon to determine the-admissibility of certain hearsay evidence and the correctness of the court’s instruction to the jury concerning defendant’s failure to testify at the trial.

The facts necessary for a determination of this matter on appeal are as follows. On 9 August 1966 Charles Compton noticed his 1961 pick-up truck was missing from the front of his home in Cashion, Arizona. Compton drove his automobile in search of the truck and…