State v. Thomas

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

A jury found defendant Leroy Thomas guilty of second degree burglary. The trial court sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment as a second offender. He appeals, asserting error in restricting his cross examination of two police officers, and in excluding jury argument about the absence of fingerprints on stolen items.

Defendant offered no evidence and does not challenge the sufficiency of the state’s evidence. In sum, the state’s evidence was: Two patrolling policemen saw a broken window in a warehouse garage door. A man, recognized by police as defendant, vaulted…