State v. Lake

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of burglar tools. The appeal involves three questions. First, whether the trial court erred in allowing the use of appellant’s prior convictions in the state’s case-in-chief. Second, whether the trial court erred in allowing the use of the co-defendant’s prior convictions and arrests. Third, whether the state’s evidence was insufficient. We reverse.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that at approximately 1:00 a.m. on July 14, 1983, Ms. Jackie Kremer, a resident of the Sierra Vista apartment complex, observed a van…