State v. Broadsword

Defendant was convicted by a jury of burglary in the first degree. ORS 164.225. He appeals, assigning as error the denial of a motion for mistrial, the admission of certain evidence, the denial of a motion for acquittal based upon the alleged lack of corroboration of accomplice testimony, and the denial of a motion for new trial based upon newly discovered evidence.

Sometime around midnight on March 17, 1976, Mark Clifton and Richard Plieth went to the Mt. Scott golf course and nightclub (Mt. Scott) with the intention of breaking in and stealing "booze and money.” When they arrived they found…