STATE v. BURTON

No. 48998.

357 S.W.2d 927 (1962)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. George BURTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Stanislaw, St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., William L. Hungate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

George Burton and Willie Cox were found guilty by a jury of attempted burglary in the second degree. Both were charged and tried under the habitual criminal act. The trial court assessed Burton's punishment at imprisonment for a term of five years, and he alone has appealed. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to authorize a finding by the jury that he was guilty of the offense charged...

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