D.R. v. State

Seventeen-year-old D.R. appeals the ruling of the trial court adjudicating him delinquent for the offenses of burglary of a dwelling (Count One) and grand theft (Count Two), and committing him to a Level 6 boot camp. D.R.’s theory of defense in Count One was that he believed he had consent to enter the dwelling, which was Eric Brandon’s trailer. Challenging the adjudication in Count One, D.R. submits that once he offered evidence to establish consent to enter the trailer as an affirmative defense to burglary, the burden shifted to the State to disprove the consent defense beyond a reasonable…