State v. McWilliams

LOCKWOOD, Justice:

Defendant Fred McWilliams, was convicted of burglary in the first degree in violation of A.R.S. § 13 — 302, with prior conviction, and sentenced to a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. From this conviction and sentence defendant appeals.

On February 12, 1966, defendant and three companions were arrested in connection with an attempted burglary of a Safeway Store in Prescott. On December S, 1966, defendant and one of these companions were brought to trial. This trial had progressed to the point where the case was to go to the jury, when the court declared a…