State v. Meloon

The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him of burglary after a jury trial in Superior Court (Souter, J.). Contending that the State failed to prove he intended to commit any crime upon his entering a building, the defendant asserts that the burglary conviction must be vacated and a conviction for criminal trespass entered instead. We affirm.

The evidence at trial revealed the following facts. At approximately 3:00 a.m., on May 2, 1982, Officer Miguel Cebollero, of the Concord Police Department, spotted a figure crouched inside the Trailways bus terminal. The…