State v. Lucero

Appellant John L. Lucero appeals from a judgment of conviction for burglary, section 45-6-204, MCA, in the District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County. Lucero was convicted in a trial by a jury and sentenced to ten years in the Montana State Prison with two years suspended.

Sometime between the hours of 8:30 p.m. on October 23, 1983 and 7:00 a.m. on October 24, 1983, Kon’s Supermarket located at 708 Broadwater Street, Billings, Montana, was entered by someone through a trap door on the roof of the building. A safe that had been embedded in concrete and which contained…