State v. Davis

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction of breaking and entering in violation of § 708.-8, The Code. The two assignments of error challenge the sufficiency of evidence and inquiry by the State concerning defendant’s prior felony convictions. We affirm the trial court.

The charge grew out of a December 2, 1973 break-in of a grocery store in Des Moines. Police were summoned and found the front door glass had been broken. A security guard at a business located close to the grocery store was on the scene when the police arrived. The guard had heard about the break-in on his police…