State v. Cookson

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

A Piscataquis County jury found the defendant guilty of the crime of burglary, as defined by our statutes in 17 M.R.S.A. § 751. The Defendant appealed.

The jury could properly have found from the evidence as follows:

In the early evening of January 6, 1971, Mr. and Mrs. Livermore, an elderly couple who live in Milo, received a visit from the Defendant with whom they had had a slight previous acquaintance. The Defendant left and at about 10:35 he returned, ostensibly to see if he had dropped his billfold in the Livermore kitchen. In fact, the Defendant and three other men had…