Blankenship v. State

The appellant, Eric M. Blankenship, was convicted of burglary in the first degree and of attempted murder. He was sentenced under the Habitual Felony Offender Act to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The appellant raises two issues on appeal.

I

First the appellant argues that there was insufficient evidence to find him guilty of burglary and of attempted murder. Section 13A-7-5(a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975, states:

"(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime…