State v. Butler

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

A jury found the defendant guilty of burglary in the second degree. There was an allegation and proof of a prior felony conviction and the court fixed defendant’s punishment at imprisonment for ten years. This appeal resulted in due course.

No brief has been filed by the defendant. Our review extends to the essential portions of the record and to the assignments of error properly preserved in the motion for new trial.

The first three assignments of error are as follows: “The verdict of the jury is contrary to the law;” “The verdict of the jury is contrary to the…