Hebron v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
608 A.3d 1291 (1992)
Dr. Hilary Weiner returned home to find her doorframe splintered and so badly broken it couldn't close or latch, with wood splinters and chips found on a mat just inside her house. A neighbor testified to seeing Mr. Hebron (defendant) walking toward Weiner's home shortly before hearing a loud bang, and then seeing him emerge from that direction afterward. Hebron was convicted of breaking and entering, attempted breaking and entering, and malicious destruction of property, and he appealed, arguing the prosecution failed to prove he actually "entered" the dwelling.
Whether circumstantial evidence — damage to a door, debris found inside the home, and a witness placing the defendant near the scene at the time of a loud bang — is sufficient to support a finding that the defendant physically entered the dwelling, as required for a breaking-and-entering conviction.