State v. Brown

Larry Myles and Valerie Washington appeal a jury verdict finding them guilty of first degree burglary while armed with a deadly weapon and firearm.

Washington contends the trial court erred when it failed to instruct the jury that the State had the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt she knew her accomplices were armed during commission of the burglary. Both defendants assign error to the trial court's failure to instruct the jury that theft requires an intent to permanently deprive a rightful owner of his property and the court's failure to give the defendants' proposed instructions…