Legal Opinion

State v. Brookshire

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided February 10, 1971No. 1895PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOCKWOOD, Justice.

The defendant was convicted below of first degree burglary (A.R.S. §§ 13-301, 13-302) with a prior conviction, and sen tenced'to a term of from ten to eleven years in the Arizona State Prison. 'He appeals, claiming the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction of burglary, as it is based on the testimony of an accomplice.

On appeal, we must take the facts in the light most, favorable to sustaining the verdict. State v. Bearden, 99 Ariz. 1, 405 P.2d 885, (1965). On Monday morning, September 19, 1966 at 7:00 A.M., Richard Best returned to his work as warehouse foreman…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. State v. BeardenArizona Supreme Court · 1965
  3. United States v. Charles HammondsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  4. Patrice Bouchard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
  5. State v. BustamanteArizona Supreme Court · 1968

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. People v. HousbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  2. State v. FierroaArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. TinghitellaArizona Supreme Court · 1971
  4. State v. BlazakArizona Supreme Court · 1977
  5. State v. McFarlinArizona Supreme Court · 1973

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