State v. Gomez

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

Appellant Gomez was tried and found guilty of robbery. He brings this appeal contending that there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict, that the verdict was based upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, and that the jury should have been instructed as to specific intent to deprive a person of his property. We do not agree.

The facts are as follows: At 11:00 P.M. on November 5, 1964, Mr. Fletcher, an employee of Circle K markets began his shift at the grocery store located at the intersection of South Sixth Avenue and Ajo Way in Tucson, Arizona. During…