Redfern v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

William Earl Redfern was found guilty by a jury of burglary based on the charge that he entered a building without authority with the intent to commit a felony therein. On appeal he claims the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdict. Because we find the State failed to prove that the structure he entered was a building within the meaning of the burglary statute, we agree and reverse the judgment of conviction.

The indictment charged that on March 13, 1998, Redfern committed the offense of burglary by “entering] a building, to-wit: W.C.T.V. Tower” with…