State v. McMurtry

CAMERON, Judge.

Defendant, Charles McMurtry, was convicted by a jury and adjudged guilty of the crime of grand theft (A.R.S. § 13-661 and § 13-663). Defendant’s motion for new trial was denied. Defendant appeals and we are called upon to determine whether the trial court erred in:

1. failing to allow the defendant to show that the prosecuting witness had filed a civil action against the defendant for the items stolen, and

2. giving an instruction that the possession of recently stolen property by defendant would be a circumstance tending to show guilt when the possession was four months after…