State v. O'DELL

CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment of guilty of robbery (§§ 13-641, et seq. A.R.S.) and a five year suspended sentence with incarceration for one year in the Maricopa County Jail (§ 13-1657, subsec. A, par. 1 A.R.S.).

Appellant presents three questions for our determination:

1. Was it error to allow the State to show an “admission by silence” by testimony that the defendant made no response when confronted with a $100 bill he allegedly stole from the victim?

2. Was a statement by one of the State’s witnesses admissible as impeaching a prior…