State v. Adams

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Billy Ray Adams, was; convicted in the Superior Court of Pima County, Arizona, on September 11, 1963, on both counts of an information charging burglary, second degree, and grand théft. The information also alleged a prior felony conviction which the defendant admitted prior to submission of the case to the jury.

Briefly, the facts are as follows: About 6 a. m. Saturday, February 9, 1963, an employee of the Cow Palace restaurant on the Nogales Highway, coming to the back door of the establishment heard noises and calling for assistance from another employee-…