Richardson v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for the offense of “attempted burglary” (criminal attempt to commit burglary). At trial, an eyewitness testified that on March 26, 1984, between midnight and 12:15 a.m. he saw *662defendant on the roof of Clary’s Drug Store “digging” at the roof with “a pole or a stick.” The witness further testified that before the police arrived, he observed defendant hide from a passing vehicle by “[ducking] down behind the duct work, the air conditioning work” on the roof of the drug store and, after the automobile had passed, defendant “looked and stood back…