State v. Spencer

McFarland, Justice.

Alonzo Charles Spencer, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was tried and convicted of grand theft of an auto in violation of A.R.S. §§ 13-661, 13-663, as amended in 1963, and 13-671, and sentenced to serve not less than twenty years nor more than thirty years in the Arizona state prison. From this conviction defendant appeals.

Construing the evidence in a light most favorable to the state — State v. Griffin, 99 Ariz. 43, 406 P.2d 397 — the following facts led to the arrest, conviction, and sentencing of defendant. On August 7, 1965, defendant appeared at the back door of…