State v. Shultz

McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction by jury and sentence for breaking and entering in violation of § 708.8, The Code. Although we find no merit in four of his five assignments, of error, we reverse and remand because we agree with his contention the trial court erred in allowing police identification tags to be taken into the jury room.

The Northside Fruit and Grocery in Ames was equipped with a “silent” burglar alarm. When activated by a forced entry of the store, it would not ring there but would ring at the Ames police station. At 4:33 a. m. on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1974,…