Poindexter v. State

Appellant was found guilty of first degree burglary by a jury and was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than ten nor more than twenty years. Appellant’s sole assignment of error is that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the verdict and, therefore, the verdict was contrary to law.

The record in this case discloses the following:

On the night of October 29, 1968, Mary Ann Trensey heard a scratching noise outside the screen door of her upstairs apartment. As she looked into her kitchen she saw broken glass on the floor and a shadow of a man in the doorway. She returned to…