State v. Palmer

Appellant Palmer and Donald McKenzie were jointly charged with second degree burglary. McKenzie pleaded guilty. Palmer, waiving a jury, was tried by the court, convicted, and sentenced. He appeals.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence exhibit 5 (consisting of nine bottles of drugs, syringes, and hypodermic needles) because of insufficient evidence that these items came from the burglarized drugstore. We disagree. The items in exhibit 5 were found in a canvas bag 1 along with burglar tools near a 2-foot by 1%-foot hole in the store roof. The drug store pharmacist…