People v. Bailes

Opinion

KLEIN (A. E.), J.*

Appellant, Michael Lynn Bailes, appeals from a judgment rendered after a jury convicted him of burglary.

Appellant made a motion to exclude the testimony of a police officer on the ground that the prosecution had lost or destroyed photographs allegedly crucial to appellant’s defense. This motion was denied. Also denied was appellant’s motion to dismiss the information due to insufficient evidence.

Before trial, the court indicated that it would permit the prosecution to impeach the defendant, should he testify, with a prior felony conviction for robbery from 1976. The…