Watkins v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Stanley Watkins, was charged with attempted murder and burglary and was convicted at a bench trial of burglary, a Class A felony, Ind.Code § 385-48-2~1 (Burns 1984 Supp.) He was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a period of twenty-five years. In this direct appeal he claims there was not sufficient evidence on all the elements of the offense to support the verdict of the jury.

A brief summary of the facts from the record most favorable to the state shows that Mary Jones, a recent widow, was awakened by the sound of papers rattling in her…