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State Supreme Court To Review Breaking-And-Entering Case

The New Mexico Supreme Court will review the case of a man convicted of breaking-and-entering for placing his hand behind a window screen.

The Albuquerque Journal that the high court agreed to hear Anthony Holt's case in October.

Holt was convicted of breaking and entering but argued the law was ambiguous. He said putting his hands between a screen and a window wasn't the same as actually entering a home's interior.

But the state Court of Appeals of Appeals upheld the conviction. The court said the law was clear enough, saying putting his hands behind the screen amounted to intruding inside the home.

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