State v. Christenson

Defendant appeals from a conviction by jury of attempted burglary not in a dwelling and from the resulting three-year prison sentence. Defendant assigns as error: (1) the trial court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal after the state rested its case, and (2) the admission of evidence of a crime other than the principal one.

In passing upon the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the state and will sustain the trial court’s action if there is any substantial evidence to support the verdict. State…