State v. Godwin

The evidence for the State tended to show the following:

The Stamey Company building at Polkville in Cleveland County was locked at the close of business at approximately seven o’clock p.m. on 5 August 1968. That the defendant was not given permission to go into the building. That at about five o’clock a.m. on 6 August 1968, Mr. R. R. McKinney, an officer of the State Highway Patrol, went to the Stamey Company building where he observed the defendant run out of the rear door of the building carrying an object in his hand. When defendant failed to halt at his command, Officer McKinney fired his…