In the Matter of Harry

Ness, Justice:

Appellant, Harry C., a fifteen year old minor, was convicted of housebreaking and the intentional inhalation of aromatic hydrocarbons and committed to the Department of Youth Services until he reached the age of twenty-one or was otherwise released by authority of the Department. We affirm.

Appellant contends the trial judge erred in denying his motion for directed verdict of acquittal on the housebreaking charge, claiming there was no evidence of a breaking. We disagree.

On August 6,1982, appellant accompanied Tommy Wayne Castell to a temporarily vacant house, where the two…