Gearin v. State

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

Earnest Gearin and Roger Quinn were convicted of one count of burglary. OCGA § 16-7-1 (a). Their motions for new trial were denied.

Gearin, Quinn, and his brother, Oliver Quinn, were indicted with two others on eight counts of burglary. Their pretrial motions for severance of the eight counts of burglary were denied. Their motions for complete severance of parties were denied as well, but severance of Gearin and the Quinns from the remaining co-indictees was granted, and Gearin and the Quinns were tried jointly in a separate trial. At the close of the State’s evidence,…