State v. Crane

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

In separate counts the state charged defendant with burglary and possession of burglary tools. The jury found him guilty of each charge and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for six years and three years, respectively. After the trial court imposed those sentences, to run concurrently, defendant appealed.

The substantive facts are simple. Police stopped a car driven by Alvin Cluck in which defendant Jerry Crane was a passenger. In the front seat they found a pistol, flashlights, chisels, pry bars and a lock punch. In the hands of a burglar these could be used as…