Tillman v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Charles E. Tillman, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Caddo County, Oklahoma for the offense of Burglary in the Second Degree. His punishment was fixed at two years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Trooper Willard Edge testified that on the morning of August 27, 1970, he was patrolling the Lawton Turnpike. He observed a red and white 1963 model Buick parked at the side of the Turnpike, apparently overheated. The trooper stopped…