State v. Deal

— This court granted review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Three, in which that court affirmed John L. Deal’s conviction on a charge of first degree burglary. Deal contends here, as he did at the *696Court of Appeals, that the Franklin County Superior Court erred in instructing the jury that it could infer that Deal acted with criminal intent to commit a crime against a person or property, unless he explained with satisfactory evidence why his unlawful entry or remaining in a building was done without criminal intent. Deal asserts that the jury instruction is flawed because it…