State v. Wettstein

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Defendant was tried by the court and convicted of the crime of robbery. He was sentenced to the Utah State Prison for an indeterminate term as provided by law. On appeal defendant urges that the trial court committed prejudicial error in its rulings as to the admissibility of certain evidence.

Shortly after 10 p. m. the attendant of a servicie station in Cache County, Utah, was robbed at gun point by a masked person. The attendant, whose head was covered and whose arms and legs were bound, shortly thereafter heard the whining sound of spinning wheels of motor vehicles…