STATE v. PIERCE

No. 9786.

14 Utah 2d 177 (1963)

380 P.2d 725

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. VERNAL PIERCE, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 23, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tuft & Marshall, John G. Marshall, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a burglary conviction. Affirmed.

Defendant and his girl friend deliberately planned the theft of a television set from a motel and accomplished it. The modus operandi was to display a phony driver's license and deliver a forged check, under an alias. Under these circumstances, they were admitted to the motel and defendant stole the television.

Defendant says that obtaining the owner's consent to enter precludes any...

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