Thommen v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

Appellant, indicted on two counts of burglary, was convicted of burglary by concealment. He was tried before the Court without a jury and his punishment assessed at three years.

According to appellant’s oral confession admitted without objection, he entered a food store in Houston at approximately 7 p. m. intending to steal drugs from the pharmacy department therein. He concealed himself in the back area of the store awaiting normal closing of the store at 8 o’clock. The doors of the store were closed and locked at the usual closing time but the manager…