King v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary and a three year sentence in the Department of Correction was assessed. For reversal of that judgment appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish intent to commit larceny as charged in the information. We cannot agree.

A burglary is committed whenever anyone unlawfully breaks or enters a building “with the intent to commit .... larceny.” Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1001 (Repl. 1964). The appellant was found by the police lying on the floor in a local junior high school. They had responded to an alarm system…