State v. Allred

WADE, Justice.

Appellant, Cloyd Reed Allred, was found guilty by a jury of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. The trial court on its own motion dismissed the verdict on the burglary count. This appeal is from the grand larceny conviction.

At about 3:00 a. m., on September 5, 1963, two unidentified men were observed leaving Kim’s Market in Copperton, Utah. Police were called, and the front door of the market was discovered to have been forcibly opened. An examination by the owner disclosed that a number of cartons of cigarettes, a type of safety boots carried only by…