Leaderbrand v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary of a private residence at nighttime; the punishment, ten years imprisonment, probated.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

On August 27, 1968, the complainant, Robert G. Busse, and his wife were residing in a Dallas motel room. Complainant and his wife went to bed at approximately 10:30 p. m. They left their door to the common hallway ajar approximately a half an inch so that their son Richard, who was to return sometime after midnight, could enter. Complainant and his wife went to sleep and were awakened by their son at…