Blue v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Ronald M. Blue was granted an out of time appeal from his conviction of burglary. He contends that it was error for the trial court to admit a co-defendant’s oral statement into evidence and that the court erred in charging the jury on the forms of the verdict.

1. The evidence showed that appellant Blue was apprehended by a police officer while fleeing from a furniture store which was burglarized; his co-defendant, Culver, was discovered hiding inside. There was also evidence of other people looting the store and of an attempt to enter the store’s safe. Both defendants…