Darius L. Grayson v. State

Appellant raises three issues on appeal from two related cases. In one case, he was convicted, following a jury trial, of burglary of a dwelling and third-degree grand theft (property valued at more than $300 but less than $20,000). In the second case, he pleaded guilty, after losing the first trial, to attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft (property valued at more than $300 but less than $20,000). 1

Background Facts

On the night of Appellant’s arrest, one resident of the burglarized house went downstairs at approximately 2:00 a.m. He did not observe anything out of place.…