Court Opinion

ID: 9733181
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:56:30.793907+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:39.119948
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OXBERGER, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
I dissent.
The majority finds the testimony of the police officer that he observed the defendant in a vehicle containing liquor bottles and a silver tea set is sufficient to connect defendant with the commission of the offense of burglary of the Bonewitz residence. I do not agree.
There was no independent testimony showing these items were stolen or were owned by another. There was no independent testimony that there had been in fact a burglary or theft. I find State v. Fletcher, 246 Iowa 452, 457, 68 N.W.2d 99, 101 (1955) controlling in this matter and would reverse the adjudication.
SNELL, J., joins in dissent.