State v. Porter

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant appeals from jury convictions of aggravated burglary of an apartment, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-6-203; burglary of a laundry room, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-6-202; and theft, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-6-404. He seeks to have the verdicts set aside or, in the alternative, to be awarded a new trial.

Shortly after midnight on February 22, 1984, the manager of an apartment complex in Salt Lake City looked through a peephole in his apartment door and saw defendant picking the lock on the door to apartment 205 directly across the hall. The manager…