State v. Ledford

MEYER, Justice.

The State’s evidence tended to show that on Saturday morning, 23 July 1983, Charlotte Henson drove down Pisgah Drive in Canton past the home of Nora Curtis, her husband’s grandmother, as she did every day on her way to work. On that morning, however, she noticed that the front window of Mrs. Curtis’ home was broken. When she arrived at work, Mrs. Henson telephoned her brother-in-law, Stanley Henson, and asked him to check on his grandmother.

Stanley Henson drove to Mrs. Curtis’ house, and when there was no response to his knock on the front door, he moved to the broken window…