State v. Middleton

STILWELL, J.:

Craig Middleton was convicted of second-degree burglary and safecracking and sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years. Middleton appeals the burglary conviction, arguing he was entitled to a directed verdict. We affirm.1

FACTS

On a Saturday night in April 2008, Officer Robert Bilyard, a police officer for the Town of Port Royal, responded to a telephone call about a burglar alarm at Henry J. Lee Distributors.2 Bilyard and another officer arrived at the scene and met Senis Hodges, a Lee employee. The door to the main building was unlocked, and there was no sign of forced entry.…