State v. Braxton

The defendant, Clarence Braxton, was convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary. (RCW 9.19.020.) On appeal from the judgment and sentence, he challenges the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence to sustain the verdict and asserts error in the refusal of the trial court to dismiss the case at the conclusion of the state’s case and again at the conclusion of all the evidence.

Defendant also challenges the adequacy of the instructions on aiding and abetting which, he contends, permitted a finding of guilt based solely upon his presence near the scene of the crime.

For the reasons stated…