Newell v. State

RAPER, Justice.

The appellant-defendant was charged with the burglary of Roy’s Town and Country Pharmacy, located in Casper, Wyoming. The defendant and the county attorney, with approval of the district judge, waived trial by jury. After bench trial, the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to serve a term in the Wyoming State Penitentiary.

The owner of the drug store testified as to the circumstances of the break-in during the night of June 24-25 that he discovered *10the following morning and identified a handgun and holster missing from the store, along with a number of drugs. An officer…