State v. Befford

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of burglary in the first degree and presumptive sentence of 12.5 years’ imprisonment (enhanced because of a prior conviction and because this offense was committed while on pretrial release from other charges). The evidence established that defendant and an accomplice entered a house and placed a number of items, including an unloaded shotgun in a case, near the front door. The two men then left the house and were arrested a short distance away. Defendant admits his guilt of burglary in the second degree but contends that this…