Hightower v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit in the Marion Criminal Court, Division I with the crime of first degree burglary. Upon a plea of not guilty, appellant was tried by jury and found guilty as charged; sentence was to the Indiana Reformatory for a period of not less than ten [10] nor more than twenty [20] years.

On this appeal, appellant argues only that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict of the jury in that there was insufficient proof that appellant was, in fact, the person committing the burglary. The evidence most favorable to the state may be briefly summarized as…