Doyle v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary. This appeal follows.

1. Appellant asserts that a charge on recent possession was unauthorized by the evidence, amounted to judicial comment on the evidence, and therefore constituted reversible error.

There was evidence to authorize a finding that the accused was observed carrying "something” in front of the burglary victim’s house, that the accused got into a late model white Cadillac and drove away, that the homeowner discovered three jars of coins were no longer in his home, that the accused was apprehended by police officials five or six…