Mead v. State

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

Appellant Mead brings before us the question of whether his sentences for both larceny and burglary inflict an impermissible double punishment for what is essentially the same offense.

On October 31, 1966, Edward Mead was convicted of one count of burglary not in a dwelling, one count of larceny in a build ing, and one count of possession of firearms by a convict. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison for the burglary, an additional five years consecutively for the larceny, and two years concurrently for the firearms possession. The convictions arose out of a…