State v. Eastmond

CROCKETT, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the juvenile court committing defendant, Rondo Eastmond, age 17, to the Utah State Industrial School for an offense which if committed by an adult would be second degree burglary. 1 Defendant charges the trial court with error for admitting evidence obtained by an allegedly illegal search and seizure, and for its finding that he was in joint possession of stolen property.

At approximately 3:00 o’clock a. m. on November 2, 1971, Richard Murdock, a Payson City police officer, observed the lights of a car flash on and the car pull away from the…