State v. Pepperling

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion •of the Court.

The defendant, Richard Clarence Pepperling, was convicted ■of the crime of burglary in the first degree and sentenced to a term of fifteen years in the Montana State Prison. From this conviction, the defendant has appealed.

The evidence introduced in this case discloses that on October 19, 1972, sometime between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., the apartment belonging to Mr. and Mrs. William Gross was burglarized. The apartment was entered by someone who had opened the kitchen window while standing on an old car axle and…