SANCHEZ v. PEOPLE

No. 19081.

349 P.2d 561 (1960)

Joe Walter SANCHEZ, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

February 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Wilson, Lakewood, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald Harrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


SUTTON, Chief Justice.

Sanchez was convicted of, and sentenced for, burglary of an outside telephone booth which was located about twenty-five feet from a filling station. He admitted that he was caught in the act of prying the cover off the coin box in the booth. His principal assignment of error is that the trial court should have granted his motion for a directed verdict in that he contends a telephone booth is not a building within the meaning of our statute on...

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