Ware v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Billy Randall Ware was found guilty by a jury of criminal attempt to commit burglary. He appeals from the judgment entered on the conviction, claiming the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, and that statements he made to the police should have been excluded from evidence at the trial.

At about 6:45 a.m. police were alerted that a burglar alarm was sounding at the Hackney residence. Mr. and Mrs. Hackney had already left for work at 6:15 a.m., leaving their house secure and quiet. When police officers arrived at about 7:15 a.m., they discovered no one at the…