Phillips v. State

Shulman, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted on two counts of burglary. We affirm.

1. The defendant alleges error in the trial court’s denial of his motion for directed verdict on Count 2 of the indictment, which count alleged that defendant burglarized the premises of one David Zeluff. Defendant submits that since the state failed to prove ownership of and an unauthorized entry onto the premises of David Zeluff, the evidence wais insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain his conviction. We disagree.

A. "'Ownership,’ as that term is used in property law, is not an essential…