People v. Rossi

Defendant was convicted of the crime of burglary after a jury trial. He appeals from the judgment of conviction, contending that intent to commit a theft was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and that admission of a purported instrument of a burglary — a filed down screwdriver — was reversible error.

Defendant, together with one Edward Broeffle, was found inside a residence shortly after midnight on August 22nd, 1967. Both men were found hiding under a pile of rugs in a small “mud room” off the kitchen in the unlighted home.

The building was rented to the Jaime Ferra family at the time of…