Knox v. State

The appellant, Grady Knox, was indicted for the offense of burglary in the second degree. He entered a plea of not guilty and was tried in the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama. The jury found the appellant guilty as charged in the indictment and he was adjudged guilty by the Court and sentenced to eighteen months in the State Penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was denied on March 16, 1964; hence, this appeal.

The facts of the case are as follows: On Monday morning, September 10, 1963, shortly after daybreak, employees of a dry goods store in Decatur, Alabama, known as David Lee’s,…