Williams v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for burglary of the private residence of Roy Session.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. The court assessed the punishment at 60 years in the State Department of Corrections.

The state relied upon circumstantial evidence. Four of appellant’s five grounds of error attack the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The state relies upon the rule that where proof is made that a burglary was committed by someone and the defendant is shortly thereafter found in possession of all or a part of the property…