Parker v. State

Banke, Judge.

Martin Steven Parker appeals his conviction of burglary.

A police officer responded to a silent burglar alarm at a school and saw appellant standing in a hallway. Appellant ran from the building but was arrested in a nearby culvert. Appellant admitted breaking a window and entering the school but stated that his purpose had been merely to use the rest room. No property was missing from the school; however, in the room appellant initially entered, the drawer of a teacher’s desk had been opened, and papers had been left in disarray. Also, three motion detectors in the hallway had…