Dobry v. State

PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant was convicted after a non-jury trial of the crime of breaking and entering a dwelling with intent to commit grand larceny. On this appeal he questions the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish (1) the breaking and entering and (2) the intent to commit grand larceny.

The appellant with another person was arrested at about 9 P.M. in front of a residence in Dade County, Florida. The police had been summoned by neighbors who observed two persons entering the screened patio area and attempting to open the patio doors of the residence. Appellant testified…