State v. Gross

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

Defendant-appellant, Jerome A. Gross, appeals from convictions by a jury of burglary (K. S. A. 21-3715) and misdemeanor theft (K. S. A. 21-3701 [a]). The charges stemmed from the burglary of an automobile parked on a street in southeast Wichita.

The evidence at trial disclosed that on March 18, 1975, Danny Lloyd and Everett Miller (also referred to as Eddie Miller) met at defendant’s house at approximately 10 p. m., accompanied by two girls. The group went to a bar in south Wichita to drink beer. After playing pool and drinking “quite a bit of…