Frazier v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Lanorris Frazier was indicted for burglary and convicted of theft by receiving. He appeals, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion for directed verdict on the burglary charge and its instruction to the jury on theft by receiving stolen property as a lesser included offense of burglary.

Around 8:30 p.m. Friday, October 18, 1996, Belinda Rushing left her home for the weekend. About noon the next day, her mother found Rushing’s home had been broken into. A Super Nintendo, a Sega Genesis, a Sega Game Gear, video game cartridges, a television, a VCR, a shotgun and case, a…