People v. Hutto

Defendant, Dannis Carroll Hutto, was tried and convicted of burglary in the second degree. The evidence of defendant’s guilt consisted of the testimony of his alleged accomplice, 'Timothy Pyfer, and the corroborating testimony of one Suzanne Laviolette. Defendant maintains that the trial court erred in several respects with regard to Miss Laviolette’s testimony, which testimony was crucial to his conviction. We agree and reverse the conviction below.

At trial Pyfer testified that at approximately 3:00 a.m. on September 16, 1970, he and the defendant entered the Placer Inn where they took some…