State v. Zumwalt

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Robert Louis Zumwalt from a judgment of guilty to the crime of breaking into a coin-operated contrivance (§ 13-676 A.R.S.) with a prior conviction (§ 13-1649 A.R.S.), a sentence in the Arizona State Prison of from 8 to 10 years, and from the denial of defendant’s motion for new trial. This is a companion case to State v. Vassar, 7 Ariz.App. 344, 439 P.2d 507, filed this day. Vassar and Zumwalt were co-defendants.

We are called upon to determine:

1. Did the testimony of a police officer in which the mention of the co-defendant’s “arrest record” and “mug…