Sansom v. State

Larry Sansom and Jack K. Murphy, Jr. defendants- appellants were convicted by a j ury of the crimes of second degree burglary, IC 1971, 35-13-4-4 (Burns Code Ed.) ; automobile banditry, IC 1971, 35-12-2-1 (Burns Code Ed.) ; and theft, IC 1971, 35-17-5-3 (Bums Code Ed.). After receiving judgments of appropriate sentences for each conviction defendants brought this appeal claiming they were improperly accountable for a lesser included offense and that their convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence.

The record before us discloses that on January 18, 1974, one Hank Kopkey, the…