State v. Blair

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the state from an order of the circuit court dismissing an information charging respondent with third degree burglary. We reverse.

At about 2:45 a. m. December 2, 1977, Officer Connolly of the Sioux Falls Police Department observed respondent and another man acting in a suspicious manner in a local 24-hour laundromat. The officer testified that he observed respondent and his companion making prying motions on the front of a pop machine within the laundromat. As the officer approached the laundromat, respondent stepped out of the building carrying a…