Wallis v. State

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Defendant in the trial court, Johnny Wallis, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County, Ten*758nessee. He was found guilty by a jury of committing the offense of burglary in the second degree and they assessed his punishment at confinement in the State Penitentiary for a period of time of not more than three years. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he seasonably prayed an appeal to this Court.

The facts of the case are that Mr. Edwin Covington’s home in East Ridge, Hamilton County, Tennessee, was burglarized during the daytime on October 11, 1967.…