State v. Goldston

OPINION

RICHMOND, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of second degree burglary and theft of stereo equipment valued at over $100. He contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the inferences they could draw if they found appellant gave false or misleading statements about the charges or how he came into possession of the stolen property. Although one of the disputed instructions constituted a comment on the evidence, we affirm because the error was harmless.

Four witnesses testified they had seen appellant and another man carrying stereo equipment down an alley on the night of…