Hewatt v. State

How courts have described this case

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• finding that intent may be inferred from circumstantial evidence
• intent necessary for commission of burglary need not be formed at precise moment of entry, but can be formed while perpetrator remains on premises
• requisite intent to commit felony need not be formed at moment of entry but could have been formed while perpetrator “remained on the premises”
• defendant entered victim’s home by “breaking the plane” when he attempted to crawl in a window
• defendant found “breaking the plane” when he attempted to crawl in window

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).