State v. Fowler

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Burgess

After Jamel McLelland Fowler was found guilty of burglary of a building by a Hunt County jury, the trial court granted Fowler’s motion for new trial, then entered *457a judgment of acquittal,1 The State has appealed. Finding no abuse of discretion by the trial court, we affirm the judgment of acquittal.

I. Procedural History

The State charged Fowler with three offenses: (1) burglary of a building owned by William Martin (the Martin burglary case); (2) a state jail felony offense of theft alleging Fowler stole an all-terrain vehicle belonging to Paul Blassingame (the…