People v. Burke

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Cortland County, rendered December 31, 1975, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the third degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed four years. On June 17, 1975, Lieutenant Thomas Crane of the Cortland County Sheriff’s Department investigated a complaint from Elwyn Barber of Route 41 in the Town of Scott that his tool shed had been burglarized and tools valued at approximately $300 had been taken therefrom. Subsequently, on August 14, 1975, when the Lieutenant…