Patterson v. State
| Decision Date | 17 March 1997 |
| Docket Number | No. A97A0771,A97A0771 |
| Citation | 484 S.E.2d 317,225 Ga.App. 515 |
| Parties | , 97 FCDR 1576 PATTERSON v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Timothy L. Barton, James J. Lacy, Marietta, for appellant.
Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
Defendant was tried before a jury and found guilty of burglary. The evidence adduced at trial reveals that defendant entered the victim's warehouse, without authority, for the purpose of stealing copper tubing. This appeal followed. Held:
Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, arguing that his testimony that he did not enter the victim's warehouse for an unlawful purpose raises doubt as to his conviction for the crime charged. This argument is without merit.
Grier v. State, 218 Ga.App. 637, 638(1), 463 S.E.2d 130. In the case sub judice, one of the victim's employees testified that he observed defendant inside the victim's warehouse, without authority, removing copper tubing "off of a storage shelf." This evidence, and testimony that defendant fled when law enforcement officers arrived at the victim's warehouse, is sufficient to authorize the jury's finding that defendant is guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, of burglary. OCGA § 16-7-1(a); Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560, supra.
Judgment affirmed.
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