State v. Girard

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first degree burglary, first degree escape and second degree assault. He appeals, making several assignments of error.

Defendant was suspected of possible involvement in a residential burglary. Officers Congdon and Bradshaw of the Clackamas County Sheriffs Department went to the house where defendant was staying and attempted to talk to him. The officers knocked on the door, defendant answered, and the officers identified themselves. The officers asked permission to enter the house and defendant replied the house was not his; a female, later identified as…