State v. Tolson

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

Willard Tolson was convicted by a jury of first degree burglary and was sentenced to a term of five years. On this appeal he contends, first, that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and, second, that the trial court committed plain error in failing to give mandatory instructions where two or more persons are involved in commission of an offense. Affirmed.

In the hours after midnight June 11, 1980, two young women asleep in the second floor area of their apartment were awakened by sounds on the lower floor. The apartment was dark except for a light…