People v. Jordan

CONLEY, J. *

The defendant, William L. Jordan, was convicted of burglary of the first degree. He appeals on two grounds, claiming that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the conviction and that the proof failed to show that the burglary was of the first degree.

Mr. and Mrs. Willie Preston were the victims of the crime. Both of them had to be absent from their home at 140 ICerwin Avenue, Oakland, during the late afternoon and substantial parts of the Sunday night in question. Mr. Preston left their residence at about 2 :30 in the afternoon and did not return until 1 o’clock the next…