State v. Black

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of burglary entered in the district court of Cascade County. Defendant Wendelen P. Black was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, with the last five years suspended. The state sought increased punishment due to previous convictions.

On the evening of August 5, 1972, D. J.’s Mazda, an automobile dealership in Great Falls, Montana, was burglarized. At about 10:00 p.m. that evening persons, in a residence behind the automobile agency building observed suspicious activity, apparently while the burglary was in progress. The police were notified…