State v. Hinden

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 After a jury trial, appellant Jeffrey Hinden was convicted of third-degree burglary pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-1506(A)(1). The trial court sentenced him to a mitigated term of 1.5 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he argues the state presented insufficient evidence to support his conviction because it failed to prove the property he had entered was a “fenced commercial yard” as defined in A.R.S. § 13-1501(4). 1 For the following reasons, we agree and vacate his conviction.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 We view the evidence in the light most favorable to…