State v. Pierce

HENRIOD, Chief Justice.

Appeal from a burglary conviction. Affirmed.

Defendant and his girl friend deliberately planned the theft of a television set from a motel and accomplished it. The modus operandi was to display a phony driver’s license and deliver a forged check, under an alias. Under these circumstances, they were admitted to the motel and defendant stole the television.

Defendant says that obtaining the owner’s consent to enter precludes any question of burglary under these circumstances. Under our statute, a burglary can be committed either with or without force or a breaking, the…