State v. Chiney

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Forréale C. Chiney, charged with and convicted by a jury of burglary in the second degree, § 560.04S, RSMo 1959, V.A.M. S., and sentenced to confinement at the direction of the department of corrections for 5 years, has appealed.

At 9 p.m. on October 21, 1965 Mrs. Mae Keet noticed a man standing outside the residence of Charles Bruce, her next-door neighbor. She heard the noise of glass crashing, and saw appellant at Bruce’s front door. A small glass was broken out of the door but was so high “you couldn’t get your hand down to unlock the door.” She saw appellant walk…