State v. Andrews

HILL, Judge.

The State’s evidence tended to show that at 7:00 p.m. on the night of 13 October 1979, the family of Robert Beverly Herbert, Jr. left their house on Reid Street in Raleigh to attend a concert. The came home about 11:00 p.m., and Herbert’s wife discovered that her jewelry box was empty. After discovering other evidence of theft, Herbert called the police. Herbert and the police discovered a heavily damaged side door and lock mechanism. “Both the lock mechanism and the door appeared as if someone had been prying at it with a crowbar or something.” A few feet away, they discovered…