State v. Tuttle

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of the crime of grand larceny. 1

The contention of importance is that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence some boxes of shells and other firearm accessories which the defendant claims were obtained from his home by an unlawful search.

Defendant Arden Tuttle was at the time of the crime on November 18, 1961, an 18 year-old youth living at the family home in Manti, Utah. On that day he had made several trips in and out of the Harmon’s Store in hauling coal from there to his home and was the last customer to leave the…