State v. Stoddard

BURNETT, Judge.

The sole question presented is whether a district court erred by denying a criminal defendant’s motion for declaration of a mistrial. The defendant, Daniel Wayne Stoddard, ultimately was found guilty by a jury of stealing an automobile. Judgment of conviction was entered upon the charge of grand larceny. Because Stoddard had two prior felony convictions, the judgment also contained an adjudication that he was a persistent violator of law under I.C. § 19-2514.

At trial a police officer testified that keys to the stolen car had been found in Stoddard’s possession, affixed to a key…