People v. Rasmus

Defendant was convicted by a -jury of attempted 1 breaking and entering 2 and was duly sentenced and now prosecutes' this appeal as a matter of right.

Sometime shortly after 4 a.m. on May 30, 1965, a bar owner in Grand Rapids was cleaning, up after the bar had been closed when his attention was called by a barmaid who was still on the premises to the fact that someone was trying to break into the bar. The owner went to the door, saw a man whom he recognized,- and gave chase, but could not catch the fleeing man. Subsequently, the defendant was identified by the owner, arrested, tried, and…