State v. Bryant

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellees Christopher Lawrence Bryant and Olen Earl Bryant were charged with the offense of burglary on March 29, 1986, the indictment alleging that they “without authority and with intent to commit a felony therein, did enter the building of Ponderosa Systems, located at 3950 Jonesboro Road, Forest Park.” A second count charged Olen Earl Bryant with possession of a knife during commission of a crime.

At trial the state presented evidence that a patrol officer noticed a truck parked behind a vacant building that used to house a restaurant and upon investigation saw that a…