State v. Smith

MAUS, Judge.

A jury found the appellant guilty of burglary and stealing. The court sentenced appellant as a persistent offender to 15 years imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently.

The following is a brief summary of the facts. At 12:40 a.m. on September 29, 1983, Officer Whitworth of the Caruthers-ville Police Department approached and stopped at the intersection of Third and Carleton Streets. The intersection was governed by four-way stop signs. The patrol car was westbound. The appellant’s vehicle was northbound waiting to turn left. The officer sat at the intersection but…