State v. Thomas

HERSEY, Chief Judge.

The state appeals an order dismissing that portion of an information which charged appellee with possession of a burglary tool (a screwdriver). We reverse.

A confidential informant advised police that appellee had committed a number of burglaries. During surveillance of a development where several of the burglaries had taken place, appellee was apprehended after jumping over a fence and attempting to run away. Appellee wore a pair of socks over his hands at the time of arrest and was carrying a screwdriver. He admitted having entered the development for the purpose of…