Green v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellants in these companion cases appeal their convictions of burglary.

1. Appellants enumerate as error the denial of their motions for directed verdicts of acquittal. On appeal they argue, in effect, that the state failed to introduce evidence of their “intent to commit a felony or theft” within the entered building, an element of the crime of burglary as defined in Code Ann. § 26-1601. We conclude that, in this case, there was sufficient evidentiary support for a finding of the requisite intent. “[T]he presence of valuables inside the premises can support an inference of…