Patton v. State

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge

Defendant-Appellant Talmadge Patton (Patton) appeals his conviction of burglary, a Class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-43-2-1.

We affirm.

Patton presents one issue for our review which we restate as: whether the trial court erred by admitting certain statements into evidence.

In March 1998, Patton entered a closed convenience store and began to push boxes containing cartons of cigarettes through a hole in the wall that was hidden behind the building’s siding. Police officers directed Patton to come outside and then apprehended him. Patton was convicted of burglary, and he…