People v. Austin

Opinion by

Judge STERNBERG.

The defendant, Lee Grant Austin, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of attempted first degree criminal trespass, a class five felony. He also appeals the life sentence imposed upon him as an habitual criminal. We affirm the conviction and the sentence.

Based on an incident in which apartment doors within a building in which defendant lived were tampered with, the defendant was charged with criminal attempt to commit second degree burglary. The jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of attempted first degree…