BEANE v. STATE

No. 5061.

596 P.2d 325 (1979)

Arthur Chris BEANE, Jr., Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, and Mark J. Warns, Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, Laramie, for appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, and Gay V. Bartels, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal from a burglary conviction is whether, under the circumstances of this case, a warehouse manager is a "person in lawful possession" for purposes of Wyoming's burglary statute, § 6-7-201(a), W.S. 1977. We hold that he is and will affirm.

At trial, evidence was produced from which the jury could and did infer that appellant, Arthur Chris Beane, Jr., forcibly entered a building of the Wy-Mont Beverage...

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