Engbrecht v. State

SMITH, Justice:

Charles W. Engbrecht was convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the penitentiary. From that conviction and sentence he appeals.

Three grounds are assigned for reversal.

The first involves a criticism of the wording of an instruction granted at the request of the State setting forth the rule with respect to the burden of proof resting upon it in circumstantial evidence cases. It is contended that the statement of the rule in this instruction was ambiguous, unclear and capable of…