Hardesty v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The Appellants, Joseph Verland Hardesty and Jackie Eugene Boyd, hereinafter referred to as defendants, were charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-75-1603, for the offense of Second Degree Burglary, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 1435. The jury sentence of four (4) years’ imprisonment was suspended and defendants were placed on four (4) years’ probation, from which action defendants bring this timely appeal.

The prosecution’s initial witness was Harry Bernbaum, who stated that he was the owner of the Oklahoma Lighting Distributors,…