STATE v. BLACK

No. 12459.

516 P.2d 1163 (1973)

The STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Wendelen P. BLACK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Hall argued, Great Falls, for defendant-appellant.

Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., Helena, J.C. Weingartner, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Helena, J. Fred Bourdeau, Co. Atty., Great Falls, Thomas H. Clary, Deputy Co. Atty., argued, Great Falls, for plaintiff-respondent.


DALY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of burglary entered in the district court of Cascade County. Defendant Wendelen P. Black was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, with the last five years suspended. The state sought increased punishment due to previous convictions.

On the evening of August 5, 1972, D.J.'s Mazda, an automobile dealership in Great Falls, Montana, was burglarized. At about 10:00 p.m. that evening persons in a...

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