State v. Molina

*392OPINION OP THE COURT BY

MIZUHA, J.

Defendant-appellant, Jose R. Molina, was indicted, tried and convicted of committing murder with extreme atrocity and cruelty, which is murder in the first degree.

Defendant’s first specification of error presents for review the sufficiency of the evidence to justify a conviction of murder committed with extreme atrocity and cruelty.

On the night of the killing, defendant, 22 years old, drove his car to the residence of Yotaro and Chiyono Fujino with the intent of committing a burglary. Defendant climbed to the second floor and broke into the house. In the…