Ford v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of second degree burglary as defined by Burns Ind. Stat., 1956 Repl., § 10-701. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty of the lesser included offense of entering to commit a felony. Appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than one nor more than five years and disfranchised for a period of five years.

The record disclosed the following evidence:

State’s witness Dalton testified that he picked up Jack Guffey, Larry Sidwell and the appellant in the early morning hours of October 26, 1969. They asked Dalton to take…