State v. Maynard

STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of grand theft, a felony, and appeals.

The single question presented is whether the trial judge should have instructed the jury, sua sponte, on the probative value of circumstantial evidence under these facts: On the 30th day of July, 1963, eighty sheets of plywood, 4'x8'x YY', were delivered to the Sullivan Construction Co., Inc., at their open yard in Phoenix, Arizona. Each of the eighty sheets was valued at $3.52. That afternoon, appellant, together with one Price, was observed loading the plywood sheets into Price’s 1963 Chevrolet y^-ton…