State v. Craycraft

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 15 March 2000, a jury found Mark Lynn Craycraft (“defendant”) guilty of felony breaking and entering and felony larceny. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

At trial the State presented evidence tending to show the following: Defendant’s father rented a mobile home from Joe Montague (“Montague”) until he defaulted on his rental payments. Montague explained that he took steps to evict defendant’s father for failure to pay rent; however, no civil ejectment documents were offered into evidence. Montague stated that he, “gave…