State v. Edwards

Defendant was convicted by a jury of attempted burglary not in a dwelling and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. An habitual criminal information was then filed upon which defendant was found by the court to have been previously convicted. The five-year sentence was then vacated and he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Defendant was charged jointly with Floyd Smith with attempted burglary. An occupant of the building alerted police who found Smith on the roof of the building in downtown Portland attempting to gain entry to the Post Office Pharmacy through a skylight. Smith had a…