State v. Phillips

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Richard Thomas Phillips, charged as an habitual criminal, was found guilty by a jury of burglary in the second degree, and the court assessed the punishment at imprisonment for a term of nine years. He has appealed. We affirm.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. A jury reasonably could find that on July 31, 1968, a double glass door in the basement of the home of Lucian Coleman in Washington County was broken. Appellant and a companion were found in the house by Dennis Coleman, the son of Lucian Coleman, and appellant’s companion was carrying a…