State v. Hatten

LOCKWOOD, Chief Justice:

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of first degree burglary. (A.R.S. §§ 13-301 and 302). He admitted a prior conviction and was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than eleven years in prison. He appeals.

The evidence presented at the trial showed that on December 19, 1968, Angeline Roszak left her home at 309 East Pierce Street, Phoenix, Arizona, about eleven, o’clock in the morning to go to the library. When she left, the door to her home was locked. She returned about ten o’clock that evening, and found that “the house was all upset.” Miss Roszak left the…