Workman v. State

Stolz, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of burglary.

1. The corpus delicti was established by evidence that the resident of the burglarized premises had resided there on and before October 15,1974; that on that date he left his home in a secured condition at approximately 6:45 p.m. and returned at approximately 11:30 p.m. to find a door to his house pried open and several items missing, including a shotgun later recovered and identified; and that he had given no one authority to enter his home. The possibility that the burglary occurred sometime after the resident last saw his…