State v. Haynes

The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of burglary. From the judgment of conviction, he appeals.

The defendant’s sole assignment of error is based upon the defendant’s contention that prior to his arrest on the present charge, he was arrested in his home on a warrant issued out of the Municipal Court for a misdemeanor, charging a violation of the city’s curfew ordinance, and at this time there was seized a pair of defendant’s shoes. There was found at the scene of the burglary a footprint, which was identified as having been made by one of defendant’s shoes.

After the jury had been…