State v. Shaw

Defendant was charged with burglary not in a dwelling. He pleaded not guilty, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to imprisonment. This is an appeal from that conviction.

On April 23, 1969, as Linn County Deputy Sheriff Warren Cooper approached the town of Scio at approximately 3:45 a.m., he noticed a car on the main street of Scio. A light rain was falling. Cooper could not at first tell whether the car was moving, then a moment later saw that it was. He followed it, and about a mile from Scio stopped it because it had no license plate light. The defendant was a passenger in the car, and…