State v. Bundy

Defendant was tried and convicted on a charge of Receiving Stolen Property of the value of more than $50, a felony. The states principal witness, defendants seventeen year old cousin, Kenneth, testified that the defendant came to his house on November 29, 1960, and asked him if he knew of any place where they could make some fast money. Kenneth indicated he knew of a place, and defendant and the youth drove to an apartment near 15th Avenue and Camelback in Phoenix. The defendant parked the car "down a little ways" from the apartment while Kenneth went in. The apartment belonged to a jeweler and Kenneth had previously been in it in the company of the jewelers son, a school friend. On that occasion, Kenneth had observed the location where a key to the back door was kept, over an outside water heater. Kenneth took this key, entered the apartment, and returned to the defendants car with two watches, a gold ring, and several other items of jewelry. The two then drove to Glendale where defendant attempted to sell one of the watches at a pawn shop. The clerk in this shop indicated that the watch was too valuable for them to handle and recommended a shop on Central Avenue in Phoenix. At defendants bidding, Kenneth threw all of the items taken from the apartment except the two watches and the ring into a canal because they werent very valuable. The two then returned to Kenneths home, where the defendant indicated that they should wait until things cooled off before trying to sell the items they had retained. Kenneth then gave the watches and ring to the defendant in exchange for $10 and a promise of $10 later.