Aragon v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moore.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant or by name, was accused of burglary and grand larceny. Upon trial to a jury he was found guilty of burglary and not guilty of grand larceny. Judgment entered on the guilty verdict and defendant was sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary.

The evidence introduced upon the trial disclosed that between the hours of approximately 7:00 P.M. on the evening of August 24, 1964, and 4:00 A.M. the following day, a hardware store in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, had been broken into. Merchandise inside the…