Nichols v. State

OPINION

BLISS, Judge:

The Appellant, John Lee Nichols, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried before a jury and convicted in the District Court of Cleveland County, Case No. CRF-75-486, of the crime of Burglary in the Second Degree. Punishment was assessed at a term of four (4) years under the direction and control of the Department of Corrections of the State of Oklahoma. From a judgment and sentence in accordance with the verdict, the defendant has perfected his timely appeal.

Briefly stated, the evidence adduced at trial is as follows: Officer David St. John of the Norman…