State v. Moellar

FOSHEIM, Justice.

The defendant, Randall Moellar, was convicted of first-degree burglary. At trial, he moved for a directed verdict, both at the end of the state’s case and again at the conclusion of all the evidence. Both motions were denied, as was a motion for a judgment of acquittal. The issue on appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence to allow the jury to decide the question of guilt. We affirm.

Walter Sichmeller owned a trailer house on Burnside Avenue in Sioux Falls which he rented to Rhodie Scott and Tom Roland. In the first part of March, 1978, the tenants reported damage to…