State v. Sheffield

UDALL, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Tommy Albert Sheffield, hereinafter referred to as the defendant was convicted of the crime of “possession of a pistol by a criminal”, a felony, in a trial by jury in the Superior Court of Pima County. From that conviction he brings this appeal.

On January 28, 1963, the defendant, along with Curtis McDoneal, James Bond, Mildred Griffin, and Freddie Mitchell went to Phoenix, Arizona from Tucson, Arizona in Mitchell’s car. After their arrival, the defendant, McDoneal, Mitchell and Bond went to a store, the Stop and Swap Shop on Washington Street. Mc-Doneal…