State v. Williams

BURNETT, Judge.

Eldon Williams stands convicted on two counts of second degree burglary, arising from separate incidents that occurred on the same day. The evidence at trial tended to connect Williams with a forced entry of a drug store in one instance, and with possession of recently stolen property from another drug store in the second instance. Upon this evidence the trial judge charged the jury to make certain presumptions concerning Williams’ intent and participation in the alleged burglaries. For reasons stated in the first part of our opinion, we hold that the jury was improperly…