Barton v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Burglary. Allen Barton was convicted of three counts of burglary and sentenced to eight years, three to serve and five on probation. The facts presented authorized the jury to conclude that Barton owned an antique furniture auction in the township of Chatsworth. In between Christmas and New Years, 1980-1981, Barton engaged the services of three men to help him break and enter the premises of one Emily Cogburn. Mrs. Cogburn had a considerable amount of furniture which she had inherited from her family and stored in several buildings on her family’s land. When Mrs. Cogburn…