Meeks v. State

I must respectfully dissent to this decision because as I view the facts, the State failed to prove the essential elements of second degree burglary in this case. 21 O.S.1971, § 1435, provides:

“Every person who breaks and enters any building or any part of any building, room, booth, tent, railroad car, automobile, truck, trailer, vessel or other structure or erection, in which any property is kept, or breaks into or forcibly opens, any coin operated or vending machine or device with intent to steal any property therein or to commit any felony, is guilty of burglary in the second degree.”

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