Bell v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of burglary on the general grounds. The evidence shows that as the victim and his wife returned home from a temporary absence they saw a man jump from the porch and run to a blue parked Maverick automobile which the driver started as the trespasser approached, driving off with great speed and running a stop sign. At the same instant the wife, entering the house, called out that a television set in the living room was gone, and the victim’s neighbor, who had seen the trespasser and was already on his way over, arrived with the intention of…