State v. Clayton

The defendant, a resident of Provo, Utah, was convicted by a jury of auto theft. 1 He visited a former classmate in Yucca Valley, California, arriving in a stolen car which was identified without dispute as the subject of the offense charged. Such positive identification of serial number, etc., 2 was accomplished by the combined testimony of the owner, the defendant’s former classmate and the peace officer who brought defendant back to face the charge.

The defendant urges three issues on appeal: (1) insufficiency of the evidence; (2) error in limiting defense counsel’s cross-examination of the…