State v. Totress

UDALL, Justice:

The defendant-appellant is before this court on an appeal from a conviction on two counts in the Superior Court of Maricopa County for the illegal sale of marijuana.

The pertinent facts pertaining to the appeal show that the defendant was accused of the sale of marijuana to a deputy sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona on the 20th day of May, 1966. At the beginning of the trial counsel for the defendant moved for the exclusion of witnesses, which motion was duly granted. After the state had completed its case the defendant took the stand and testified in his own behalf.

The…