People v. Harris

The defendant, Michael Sherman Harris, was accused of burglary in count I of the information and of receiving stolen property in count II. The jury found him guilty of burglary in the first degree as to the first charge, but not guilty of receiving stolen property.

The efforts of his counsel on appeal are concentrated on two contentions: (1) that the proof does not establish that the burglary was of the first degree, and (2) that the trial court committed prejudicial error by admitting the testimony given at the preliminary examination of an absent witness, William Strickland.

Counsel for the…