Crawford v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Crawford appeals his conviction, by a jury, of burglary. The evidence, viewed most favorably toward upholding the jury’s verdict, shows that the appellant was apprehended in a vacant house adjacent to a recently burglarized liquor store. Access to the store had apparently been gained via a hole in its exterior wall which had resulted from the forcible removal of several concrete blocks. A crowbar was found approximately eight feet from the damaged wall. The appellant, at the time he was apprehended, was "perspiring réal heavy” and had "a large quantity of white dust on his…