Ricks v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Ricks was convicted of burglary and appeals.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal because the State failed to corroborate the testimony of an accomplice. This enumeration of error is without merit.

Clarence Parrish testified that in December 1983 he broke into the home of Mary Stevens on St. Simons Island after hearing that a large safe was in her home. Parrish did not find a safe but later learned that it might be at the residence of Mary Stevens’ son, John. On March 8, 1984 Parrish, Walter Manning and appellant…