State v. Perry

TITUS, Judge.

Defendant was jury-convicted of burglarizing and stealing from the bucolic home of Mr. and Mrs. Warnhoff. He was consecutively sentenced to prison terms of two years for each crime and appealed.

On the night in question, an across-the-road neighbor of the Warnhoffs became suspicious of the operations of an automobile in the area. After a preliminary inspection of the situation by vehicle, the neighbor returned home and undertook investigation afoot. He observed that the Warnhoff house was unlighted except for intermittent appearances of flashlight beams. No strange motor vehicle…