State v. Adams

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Ike Adams entered a voluntary plea of guilty to burglary in a Food King Store. He had there unlawfully taken about $50 worth of canned hams. Before accepting his guilty plea the court asked whether he had formed the intent to steal something before he entered the store to which inquiry Adams answered “yes.” Statute declares that one is guilty of burglary if he enters a store with intent to commit grand or petit larceny. NRS 205.060.

Subsequently, the court allowed Adams to withdraw his guilty plea. The court reasoned that Adams, as a member of the public, was…