State v. Anthony Bonam

OPINION

JOHN H. PEAY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of burglary of a motor vehicle and sentenced as a Range III persistent offender to serve five years in the Department of Correction. He now appeals, arguing that he was denied due process of law and a trial by jury because the trial court instructed the jury with what he appears to claim is a mandatory presumption on the issue of intent. Finding no merit to the defendant’s argument, we affirm his conviction and sentence.

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