Mitchell v. State

The pressure in the case is on the question whether the defendant broke and entered the front door of the house alleged to have been burglarized. The evidence authorized the jury to find that the front door was closed when the alleged victim arrived at her home at about eleven o’clock p. m., and that she thereupon entered, closed and latched the front door. And, when discovered in the house_about 1:00 a. m. the defendant hurriedly left through the front door which was standing wide open end that the screen door was propped open, so that if necessary he would have an unimpeded way of exit and…