State v. Pappacostas

17 Utah 2d 197 (1965)

407 P.2d 576

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT,

v.

LESLIE D. PAPPACOSTAS, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

No. 10234.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 3, 1965.

Jimi Mitsunaga, Public Defender, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.

WADE, Justice:

Defendant Pappacostas appeals from a jury verdict convicting him of grand larceny of the Salt Lake Pehrson Hardware Store on January 7, 1964. On opening the store that morning, holes were found in the walls; boxes containing guns and other goods the…