Shaw v. State

Appellant was charged in two counts with (1) second degree burglary, and (2) habitual criminal. He was convicted on both counts and sentenced to a term of two to five years on Count One, and to a life term on Count Two. He assigns as error the overruling of his motion for new trial. The grounds therein asserted are (1) that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and (2) that the verdict was contrary to law.

In his argument the appellant presents three propositions which can be summarized as follows:

1. The joint trial of the burglary charge and the habitual criminal charge…