State v. Phillips

HOWARD, Judge.

Contrary to his plea, the appellant was convicted by a jury of a violation of A.R. S. § 13-919, possession of a pistol by a criminal, and sentence by the court to serve not less than four nor more than five years in the Arizona State Prison.

On February 17, 1970, the appellant, while driving a blue Pontiac automobile, was involved in a three-car collision on the Black Canyon Freeway in Phoenix, Arizona. Immediately after the accident, Mr. J; O. Foley, a driver of one of the cars involved, observed the defendant remove a pistol from out of his waistband and place it under the…