State v. Sterling

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Having waived a jury trial, defendant was tried to the court and convicted of burglary, second degree, and stealing, and sentences of six and three years respectively were imposed to run concurrently.1 He now exhorts this court to relieve him of the convictions on the sole ground that the evidence is insufficient to support them. Perforce, a thorough study of the evidence is required.

In taking measure of the evidence in this case to determine whether it is sufficient to support the convictions, this court views it in the light most favorable to the state, accepting as true…