Coney v. State

Eberhardt, Judge.

Jerome Coney was indicted, tried and convicted of a charge of burglary and he appeals from the judgment of -conviction, enumerating as error (1) overruling of his motion for new trial, as amended, (2) overruling of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, and (3) instructing the jury that a verdict might be returned, if the jury should find the evidence to authorize it, on the lesser charge of criminal trespass. Held:

1. The questions raised :by the general grounds of the motion for new trial are whether the jury was authorized.to find that the defendant entered the…