Dixon v. State

— Appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of first degree burglary. He was found guilty of the lesser offense of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than one nor more than ten years. This appeal followed. Two errors are assigned and here argued for reversal:

1. That the trial court erred in admitting into the evidence a shotgun which appellant asserts was not properly identified.

2. That the shotgun had no probative value in establishing the elements of the alleged crime; therefore, that its admission into…