Mason v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant William Charles Mason was charged in the Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division Room No. 2, with the crime of burglary. He waived a jury trial and in a trial to the court was found guilty of burglary, a class A felony, and was sentenced to a term of twenty-five (25) years.

Two issues are presented for our review in this direct appeal:

1) admission of testimony of an unrelated offense by the defendant for the purpose of showing common scheme and plan; and

2) sufficiency of the evidence.

The evidence showed that on July 23, 1983, Louise K. Hutton was asleep…