James v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Burglary. On appeal, James contends the trial court erred (1) by denying his motion for directed verdict of acquittal and (2) by failing to correct a misleading charge on alibi.

1. About 4:00 a.m., May 19,1981, a police officer discovered that the Meriwether County concrete plant in Manchester, Georgia had been burglarized. The payroll record, 56 payroll checks and a deposit book were missing from a desk in the office. Later the same day one of the checks was cashed by appellant’s co-defendant after appellant filled out the front of the check, and an attempt was made to cash a…