State v. Howe

UDALL, Justice.

The defendant, Carl Howe, was convicted by a Maricopa County jury of receiving stolen property, a felony, Sec. 43-115, A.C.A.1939 and he appeals from the judgment and sentence thereafter imposed by the court. The record discloses that at the close of the State’s case the defense moved to dismiss the information on the ground that the State had wholly failed to prove venue and hence the court was without jurisdiction of the purported crime. The defendant’s sole assignment of error is predicated upon the trial court’s denial of this motion. It is the law that:

“In so far as venue…