State v. Horne

Defendant, Robert A. Horne, appeals from a conviction by a jury of burglary and theft.

Cash and tools were stolen from the Massey-Ferguson Farm Center in Hutchinson on September 5, 1971. At the trial James Edens testified that he, Thomas Collins, and defendant committed the burglary and theft. Certain hand tools found in defendant’s car were admitted into evidence.

Defendant claims that admission of the tools into evidence was reversible error because the chain of custody had been broken. After the detectives seized the tools they were marked, transported to headquarters, and deposited in the…