State v. Carden

Defendant appeals his conviction for burglary in the first degree. ORS 164.225. He arpes that the court erred by admitting testimony concerning two prior burglary convictions and by giving an instruction that allowed the jury to infer an intent to steal from a finding of defendant’s unlawful entry. We affirm.

On November 18, 1981, defendant was discovered in the home of his next-door neighbor, George Sorenson, by two of Sorenson’s other neighbors — Dorothy Foland and J. E. McKinney. Sorenson had asked McKinney to check his home regularly during November while Sorenson was away.

At trial,…