LaFeve v. People

MITCHEL B. JOHNS, District Judge * ,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on a writ of error. The plaintiff in error, defendant below, was found guilty by a jury of charges of burglary in the second degree and theft, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary.

The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: At or about 12:50 a.m. on the morning of November 15, 1967, the defendant and two companions were seen by two policemen riding around the Red Rock Shopping Center located in the 3400 block on West Colorado Avenue, in Colorado Springs, in a 1956 Chevrolet. The policemen stopped the…