State v. Simpson

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Elton Simpson, appeals a Superior Court conviction whereby he was found guilty of first-degree sexual assault, burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering into the dwelling of another without consent. The defendant avers that the trial justice erred in denying his motion for acquittal on a charge of burglary because of an absence of sufficient evidence to establish the necessary element of “breaking.” For the reasons stated herein, the defendant’s ap peal is denied and dismissed and the Superior Court judgment of conviction is…