Mitchell v. State

GREEN, OLIVER L., Jr., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree burglary, first degree arson, robbery, attempted second degree murder, and grand theft. While defendant has raised several points on appeal, the only one with merit concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction of first degree burglary.

Basically, the facts of this case are that the defendant burglarized a commercial structure. After gaining entry, he started a fire and then observed the victim, John Hansen. The defendant walked behind Hansen and struck him over the head with a pipe.…