State v. Cross

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary and grand theft. He admitted a prior conviction of burglary and was sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections to concurrent terms of five to ten years on the burglary and 10 to 15 years on the theft.

During the state’s case-in-chief one of its witnesses testified on direct examination that he was shown a “mug shot” of the defendant. Although no objection was made to this testimony none was necessary and reversible error was committed. State v. Jacobs, 94 Ariz. 211, 382 P.2d 683 (1963). 1

Since the…