People v. Uselding

In a nonjury trial the defendant Nicholas Uselding was convicted of burglarizing an apartment and was sentenced to serve from one to ten years in prison. The only issue is that of reasonable doubt. The facts follow.

Ann Filkins, a resident of the apartment building, testified that on the day in question she saw the defendant, his brother Thomas and Doreen Uselding enter the building which was later burglarized. A short time later she saw all three leaving in a car which the defendant acknowledged belonged to him. Nothing was taken from the apartment at that time. Thomas Uselding testified on…