Echols v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Bobby Echols was convicted by a jury of burglary. The evidence was sufficient to support defendant’s burglary conviction. But the evidence also could have supported a conviction for the lesser offense of criminal trespass. Thus, the trial court erred in denying defendant’s timely written request to charge the jury on this lesser offense. See State v. Alvarado, 260 Ga. 563 (397 SE2d 550) (1990). We therefore reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.

The State alleged in the indictment that defendant committed burglary by breaking into a church building…