Ryles v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

William Lee Ryles appeals his conviction of two counts of burglary and one count of theft by taking.

The evidence at trial showed that late one evening, police re*463sponded to a burglar alarm at an auto dealership and found the front door to the dealership office open but no one inside. Although papers were scattered around the office, only a paring knife was missing from a desk drawer. Later that evening, a Jeep was stolen from the same car dealership. Early the following morning, the Jeep was driven into the window of a nearby jewelry store where numerous pieces of silver jewelry…