Hammonds v. State

DIMOND, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of burglary not' in a dwelling.

A security patrolman, Burton Finley, discovered appellant in an office of the Miller Bentley Company at approximately 2:40 a. m. on July 26, 1966. Finley asked appellant what he was doing in the building. Appellant’s response, according to Finley’s testimony at the trial, was that “[H]e was waiting for somebody, that he had just brought a car in and he was waiting for the owner to come down and * * * take * * * possession of it.” When appellant started to leave Finley placed handcuffs on him.

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