Clanton v. State

Prom a conviction of the crime of burglary and a sentence to serve a term of six years in the state penitentiary, the appellant, Terrel Tuney Clanton, has appealed and assigned as error, among other grounds, the insufficiency of the proof to show a breaking and entering of the building in which a shotgun, two boxes of cigars and numerous cartons of cigarettes were stolen, of a total value sufficient to constitute the crime of grand larceny which was also alleged in connection with the crime of burglary.

It is a general rule that two crimes cannot be charged in the same count of an indictment,…