Waters v. State

Burglary and grand larceny; sentence: five years imprisonment.

Mr. P.A. Scarborough, co-owner with his son of a drug store in Eufaula, Alabama, was called to his store the night of October 16, 1976, by police who had answered a silent burglar alarm at the store. He met Officer Bowman and another officer at the store, opened the door, and entered the store with them. Mr. Scarborough heard a noise in the rear of the store and heard Bowman say, "He is going out the window. I am going after him." Mr. Scarborough observed that the door to the prescription department was open, the drug cabinet had…