Bethards v. State

Two principal issues are raised on this review. They are:

1. Was there sufficient credible evidence to convict defendant of attempted burglary?

2. Was it error to instruct on parties to a crime when that statutory provision was not specifically mentioned in the information filed against the defendant?

This court has often stated that before it will reverse a conviction because of insufficiency of the evidence,

“. . . the evidence when considered most favorably to the state and the conviction must be so insufficient in probative value and force that it can be said as a matter of law that no trier…