State v. Birkhead

ERWIN, Judge.

Defendants’ initial assignment of error is that the trial court erred in charging the jury that the only force required to constitute forcible entry would be the force necessary to remain on the premises after having been asked to leave. Under the *578facts as disclosed by the record, we find no prejudicial error in the charge.

To constitute the offense of forcible trespass, there must be a demonstration of force, as with weapons or multitude of people, so as to make a breach of the peace or directly tend to it, or be calculated to intimidate or put in fear. State v. Covington, 70…