State v. Andrade

PHELPS, Justice.

Joe Andrade and Steve B. Chavez appeal from a conviction of first degree burglary primarily on the ground that the prosecution presented insufficient evidence to warrant submission of their guilt to the jury. If this be so, the trial court should have granted the motions for directed verdicts of acquittal which they made at the close of the prosecution’s case and again at the close of all the evidence.

The prosecution established the following: Someone burglarized the C. E. Paulin residence in the eastern section of Tucson between 2:00 p. m. and 10:15 p. m. on the evening of…