State v. Willis

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Adell Willis, Jr., appeals from his convictions, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree and stealing over $150. He was sentenced as a persistent offender to concurrent terms of imprisonment of fifteen years on each count. We reverse and remand.

Since defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, it is adequate to state that substantial evidence was adduced by the State from which a jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant was guilty as charged. For reasons to be discussed below, we note that three of the five witnesses…