Decker v. State

SHIELDS, Presiding Judge.

Paul Douglas Decker appeals his convictions for burglary, a class C felony, 1 and resisting law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor. 2 We reverse.

FACTS

On January 1, 1984, at approximately 8:80 p.m., Mary Dudley was walking through a yard at 2415 Central Street, Anderson, Indiana, on her way home. She noticed a man standing in the yard and another man on the porch of the house. He held the storm door open and appeared to be trying to get into the house. Knowing the house was unoccupied because its owner, Mrs. Morehead, was in a nursing home, Dudley went home and called…