Dent v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Glenn Alvin Dent was convicted of burglary and sentenced to serve ten years. Following the denial of his motion for new trial based upon the general grounds, Dent brought this appeal urging the same grounds. Held:

There is no dispute that the service station in question was burglarized. A police officer testified that he saw Dent inside the bay area of the station and made efforts to avoid detection. When the officer attempted to arrest Dent, Dent resisted and fled the scene. Opposed to this testimony, the appellant testified that he was at the service station to use a public…