State v. Christopher

KRUCKER, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, John Lincoln Christopher, was informed against for the crimes of burglary and grand theft, or, in the alternative, receiving stolen property. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found him guilty of second-degree burglary and grand theft and not guilty of receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to not less than four nor more than five years. This appeal followed.

Construing the facts in a light most favorable to sustaining the conviction, they are as follows. The defendant, his wife, Lupe Navarro, and James Higgenbottom, rented a house adjacent to…