State v. Lawhorn

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

A jury in the Boone County Circuit Court found Robert Lawhorn guilty of stealing property with a value of at least $50.00. The court, acting under the second offender law, fixed the punishment at five years’ imprisonment. Sentence was pronounced and judgment entered accordingly. Defendant appeals.

On June 29, 1977, Russell Long, a Boone County Deputy Sheriff, was on a stake out overlooking a number of automobiles parked near the entrance to Finger Lakes State Park. He watched appellant Law-horn and a companion named Edwards get out of an automobile and walk…