State v. Hodges

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

A jury found both defendants guilty of attempted burglary in the first degree. Each defendant appeals, assigning as error: (1) the overruling of their respective motions for a directed verdict; (2) the form of the respective verdict-directing instructions; and (3) a ruling by the trial court restricting cross-examination of one of the State’s witnesses. We affirm.

The prosecution introduced evidence to show that at about 3:00 a. m. on July 10, 1977, John Leslie McCurdy was awakened by noise and voices immediately outside of his home. Apprehensive, he called the police. While…