Ward v. State

The defendant, Kenneth Ward, was jointly charged with William-Lee Dover with the crime of burglary in the second degree, allegedly committed on January 24, 1950, by breaking into and entering a grocery, known as the Home Mart, located in the city of Norman, in which there was contained certain personal property belonging to Mr. A. M. Hampton. Defendant Ward was separately tried, was convicted, and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve two years imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The case presents the identical issue involved in Ward v. State, 95 Okla. Cr. 387, 246 P.…