State v. Manthie

This is an appeal from a conviction in the Fourth Judicial District, in and for the County of Missoula, of the charge of the crime of burglary, a felony. The defendant was convicted after trial by jury, and he appeals. ;

Two issues are presented on appeal:

1. Whether the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to support the guilty verdict on the burglary charge.

2. Whether the testimony of the defendant’s accomplice was sufficiently corroborated as a matter of law.

On the night of November 9, 1979, the defendant, Richard Manthie, and John Bryan, ex-Marines who had served together in the…