Pitts v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary. Punishment was assessed by the jury at twelve years.

The record reflects that on April 14, 1969, one Harvey Evans was in the backyard of his home in Dallas, when he heard the sound of glass breaking and, thereafter, observed a man entering the house of a neighbor, W. M. Starks. The police were notified by Evans, and upon their arrival, officers found appellant hiding in a closet of Stark’s house. A fifteen year old female companion of appellant was apprehended in a back room of the house. A blanket was found on the…